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The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1919-02-20
TO ORGANIZE MILK CLUBS
Cash Prizes Offered by a Patriotic
Citizen

F. G. Grower of Jacksonville,
father of the pig club movement
in Florida, has become interested
in the More Milk campaign
conducted by Miss May Morse,
dairy specialist, and assistant
home demonstration agent, Talla-
hassee.
He has offered $3.50 in cash
prizes to be awarded county milk
clubs showing greatest increase in
milk production. with the provis-
ion that each club must make an
exhibit of dairy products of some
kind at the next State Fair and
Exposition. That amount of mon
ey is based on ten or more county
clubs competing, but if there are
less than ten, the cash prizes will
amount to $175. Each club must
have five-or more members.
Mr.. Grower has asked the Flor
ida Live Stock Association to
stimulate interest by soliciting
prizes to be awarded in each coun-
ty club.
The organization and direction
Of the clubs will be under super
vision of Miss Morse, in co-opera-
tion with the county and home
demonstration agents. There will
not be any expense attached to
membership in a club, and a mar
ket will be provided for all sur
elus milk or cream. Commercial
dairies are not eligible to mem
bership.
1t is planned to get the clubs
organized by March Is and con-
tinue the work until about No
vember l. This community should
have one Of the clubs. Owners of
one or more milch cows, who are
willing to join a club should send
their names to Miss Morse at once,
so she can have an organizer come
here to help get the club started.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1919-02-20
Noted Author Here

Winston Churchill, one of
America s most noted living auth
ors, has engaged rooms at our big
tourist hotel and is expected to be
occupying them when this is read.
At the time he wired for reserva-
tions, he was coming around the
coast in a yacht with a party of
friends whose names he did not
give.
Naturally Prnta Gorda feels
proud to entertain such a dis
tinguished guest, and every one
hopes that he will greatly enjoy
his sojourn here and make it as
long as possible.
He is the author of Gross
Ways" "Richard Carville' and
other delightful books, and he
added to his fame as writer by
serving some of the big maga-
zines as their correspondent on
the battle lines in France.
We hope he will find here
some suitable material for a liter
ary effort that will add lustre to
Punta Gorda s name abroad.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1919-02-20
SPRAY POTATOES
This is the Only Way to Head off
the Blight

Early blight and late blight are
two important diseases Of Irish
potatoes, which should be con-
trolled by spraying the plants
with freshly made bordeaux mix
ture. The potatoes should be Civ
en- the first spraying when they
are from four to six inches high ;
repeat the spraying about once
every ten days, more often if the
weather is rainy and less fire.
quently if the weather is dry.
Watch the weather and try to
spray before rain, not after it.
This is essential for best success
of the spraying because it aims to
prevent diseases, not cure them.
Spores Of early and late blight
during rainy weather sprout and
penNRrate plant tissues in a short
tims and then spraying cannot
kill these parasites. But if the
plants were sprayed before rains,
then the spores sprouting over a
film of Bordeaux mixture dissolve
some Of it and thus are killed be-
fore they penetrate into the plant
tissues.
Spray the plants when they are
dry. Bordeaux mixture if allow
ed to dry on the foliage will stick
to it well and will not be washed
off, even by heavy rains. Repeti-
tion Of the spraying is needed only
to cover with fungicide the new
growth which was produced af-
ter the preceding spraying. The
work is neither troublesome nor
too expensive if the grower is
equipped with good type force
sprayer, and has everything in
readiness for the work.
For the best results, Bordeaux
mixture should be applied in the
form Of fine mist, which is OBJ
tainable when the spraying is
done under at least 120 pounds of
pressure.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1919-02-20
Airplane Injured Here

Monday afternoon, an airplane
mounting a gun and in charge of
Lieut.. Overstreet was circling ov-
er town, when something went
wrong with the engine and the
plane landed just out Of town on
the southeast. The mechanician
secured the help Of our Calvin
Page and the two soon got the en-
CINE in working order.
The lieutenant then undertook
to rise and, in making the prelimi-
nary run, the wheels of the plane
ran into an unseen hole in the
ground with the result that the
machine was considerably dam
aged. Another plane was sum
moned from the aviation field and
arrived just before 5 p. m. After
an hour, it returned to the field.
Next morning, two airplanes
came and landed near the strand
ed one. Examination disclosed
the fact that the injured plane
could not be repaired on the
ground, and so the big truck was
brought down from the camp and
took the crippled plane away on
Tuesday afternoon.
No person was injured in the
accident.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1919-02-20
odd Fellows 90 Visiting

A number of Punta Gorda Odd
Fellows went to Brownville We'd
nesday night a week ago, to at
tend the lodge there. Grandmas-
ter j. III. Shirah was in attendance
and a very interesting meeting
was held. The officers for the en-
suing year were installed. Those
who went from here were District
Grand Master III. b. Blazer, NJ. f.
Blazer, James K. McClelland, l..
Oliver, George Berry and Adam
Silcox. The trip was made in
Mr.. Silcox's truck.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1919-02-20
THE POSSIBILITIES
ARE UNLIMITED HERE
Farmers and Truckers Prosper
Here
STRANGER THAN FICTION
What Men Have Done Men Can
Do-Twelve Hundred Dollars
from Three Fourths Acre. Was
One Mans Report.

One Mans Report.
In conversation with a Punta
Gorda man few days since, we
remarked that George Yobst, of
the Willow Pens neighborhood,
had last year received $1,000,
gross, from the truck he raised on
three-fourths of an acre. This
man secuted at the idea and went
so far as to say that Mr.. Yobst
could not sell that much off thre@
fourths acre in fifteen years. He
said that he had farmed in Florida
seven years and knew what he
was talking of.
Perhaps he did and perhaps he
did not. Let us investigate lit
tie. This year Mr.. Yobst, R. G.
|Blount and others have received
as high as $40 per crate, net, for
their peppers. AT $40 crate how
many crates would it take to
make $4,000 Only 100 crates.
Does anyone say that it is impos-
sible to raise 100 crates Of sweet
peppers on three-fourths acre in
one season? But last season Mr..
Yobst did not receive ten dollars.
We think the highest he got was
81 net. The probabilities are
that he averaged about $500.
BUT, he followed his peppers
with beans or his beans with pep
pers, we do not know which. We
will say that he sold $50 crates of
peppers-do you think he could
not raise that many on three
fourths acre? If you do, you have
another think coming. This $50
crates Of peppers at an average of
$500 per crate would bring him
$3.50. Then he had beans-plen-
ty of them-we have known him
to haul rs hampers Of beans at
one load. Say he picked 225
hampers of beans at an average
Of $500 per hamper-and we be-
lieve he averaged higher than
that; that would bring him $3.50,
and this makes the ST. 200.
Now from estimating to real
facts: John M. Boring, Lee coun-
ty's efficient farm demonstration
agent, has made a careful investi-
cation of pepper growing in that
county and he says that Lee coun-
ty had last year 2141a acres in
peppers from which there were
shipped 60,741 crates, netting the
growers $13S,592.O6, or an aver
age of $647.50 per acre. This
year he says there are 900 acres
in peppers the acreage is doubled,
the yield is doubled and the prices
nearly so. Agent Boring says
that $50 crates to the acre is
conservative estimate for the
county acreage, but that for the
Fort Myers-1ona section con-
servative estimate would be 400
crates per acre. Some growers
last season gathered 700 crates to
the acre of peppers. DR.. Frank
lin Miles has SO acres in peppers
this year and last year his ship
ments averaged TOO crates per
acre. d. Swint, of Iona, received
$9,074.00 for 2,504 crates taken
from his 912 acres. E. j. Blount,
bookkeeper for the Fort Myers
Citrus Exchange, through which
these peppers were shipped, says
that 600 to 700 crates per acre is
a conservative estimate. The av-
erage price has been $3.50 to $500
Z. o. b. Fort Myers. These figures
were taken from the Fort Myers
Press of Feb. 18th and the writer
of the article said: "The writer
has learned that from 900 to / LOO
crates to the acre had been grown
here under intensive cultivation
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1919-02-20
Ohio Visitors Entertained

The hospitable home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Joel Bishop has been
thronged the past week with Wis
itors from Ohio. Mr. Krause, a
very great friend and property
owner in Punta Gorda; also, Mr..
and Mrs. f. L. Stallog and son,
Louis, and child Lucille, were
their welcome guests.
The Stallo s have purchased the
beautiful home and 7-ac~e orange
grove of w. C. Hall on the Dixie
Highway, one mile from Punta
G. rda, and they expect to make
it their winter home. Mrs. Chas.
HI. Miller Of Mount Vernon, Ohio,
sister of Mrs. Stallo, was also
one of the party.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1919-02-20
WE WILL CELEBRATE
GEORGES BIRTHDAY
Punta Gorda VIII Have a Free
Fish Fry
AND EVERYBODY is INVITED
This Will be An All-Day Gather
ing of the People of the Sur
rounding Country-Fish in A.
bundallce.

bundance.
There will be feats gastronomi-
cal, feasts of osculation, perhaps,
and feats terpsichorean; there
will be feasts of good things to
eat; friends to greet and pleasures
in abundance on Saturday, Feb
ruary 22nd, when Punta Gorda
turns herself loose to celebrate the
birthday anniversary of the I'M.
mortal George Washington.
The town council, the ladies OF
the civic association and the citi-
zens of the town have made ar
rangements to furnish plenty OF
fish, bread and coffee for those
who come and they earnestly re-
quest everybody to come and en-
Joy the day with them.
The wholesale fish dealers have
contributed fish in abundance and
other public-spirited citizens have
donated bread and coffee, so there
will be no lack of these necessi-
ties of life.
The Odd Fellows of the Seventh
District will hold their district
meeting here on that day, which
will add to the attendance and
the interests of the occasion.
This will be a good time to visit
Punta-G a-Gorda- on-the-bay and en-
joy its health-giving breezes and
drink of its famous invigorating
water from four artesian wells.
While here you can "wet line"
in the bay or beautiful Peace river
and catch all the fish you can.
There viii probably be side at
fractions, such as dances, picture
show, music, speeches, etc. Then
there will be a multitude of prct-
ty girls here who will do all in
their power to make the day a
pleasant one.
1t will be an informal affair and
everybody will be made to feel at
home. The stores, banks and 9TH
er business places will probably
close for the afternoon so the mer-
chants and other business men
and their assistants can enjoy the
day also.
The bathing pavilion will be
open and bathing in the briny wa
ters of the bay will be another at
traction for those who like that
sport.
People are coming in autos, by
boat, by rail, in vehicles drawn by
horses, mules and oxen. Some
are coming a-foot and some are
even expected to fly here-if the
word gets to the aviation camps.
Punta Gorda has the reputation
of doing things right and she has
made up her mind to make this
occasion a humdinger, and don t
you forget it. If you miss it, you
will miss treat, indeed, and the
loss will be yours.
Come to the feast and drink of
the flowing fountain. If it ism t
the Fountain Of Youth SO eagerly
sought for by Ponce de Leon, it is
the next thing to it. In Punta
Gorda the death rate from flu and
other diseases has been so few
that it is almost impossible to
compute the per cent without u.s.
ing the decimal SYSTEM
The "latchstring win be on the
outside" and you will find the
people of Punta Gorda are ready
and willing to make this red let
ter day in your experience.
You pass this way but once and
what you miss can never again be
enjoyed. "The mill will never
grind with the water that has
passed. - We will expect youI
and your family Saturday and we
hnr,o xxxa .,,;l1 MA r. 1:.~..
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1919-02-20
ALL eOMMIsS sSRNERS
PRESENT AT MEETING
OF the Board Last Saturday at
Arcadia
MEETING WAS UNEvENTFUL
Board Opposes Convict Lease Sys-
tem.-E. ". Camp accepted as
Engineer of the Moore Haven
Road District.

GASlnCSI VI tuc 1uOUTG AaVEu
Road District.
/ The Board reconvened on the
18th with Chairman McRae pre-
siding and all commissioners pres
ent.
Engineer Cravens filed specif-
cations for concrete walks around
the court house, and for con-
crete floor in the basement Of the
court house, and the Clerk was in
structed to advertise for bids for
the work, to be received at the
March meeting.
The Clerk was instructed to
cancel certain warrants of the
Punta Gorda Special Road and
Bridge District, and to give prop
er notice to the depository
A resolution adopted by the
Marion county board Of commits
sioners, asking the concurrence of
this board in an effort to secure
the passage Of a law to abolish the
leasing of convicts to private in
dividuals and corporations, and to
use said convicts on the highways
of the State was read, and the
Clerk was instructed to acknowl-
edge receipt of said resolution
and to notify the Marion county
board that this board will hearth
ly cooperate in the move to abol-'
|ish the said lease system and to
use the convicts on the public
roads.
The committee on rules present
ed draft of their recommends
tions, and the Clerk was instruct
ed to supply each commissioner
with a copy Of same for investiga-
ton and suggestions, same to be
acted upon at the March meeting
Of the board. ii
The sale Of the bonds Of the
Moore Haven Special Road and
Bridge District No. having been
advertised for more than thirty
days preceding the date of sale,
and the hour having arrived, bids
were opened. All bids, except
that of G.. B. Sawyers Company,
were found to be below the legal
requirement Of 95 per cent and
were rejected, and the bid Of the
said G. B. Sawyers Company was
held over until the March meeting
of the board, with the consent of
the bidder, for final disposition.
1t was thereupon moved by
Commissioner Whitten and sec
oned by Commissioner Durrance
that the proposal OF E. ". Camp
to do the work on the Moore
Haven road be accepted
The following resolution was
offered by Commissioners White
hurst and seconded by Commits
sioner Durrance:
Whereas, 1t has been called to
the attention of this board that
Commissioner Whitten has been
summoned to appear before the
Governor in reference to the ap-
poiritment Of Bond Trustees for
the Moore Haven Special Road
and Bridge District; and,
q
Whereas, 1t has been the policy
of this board to appoint such /,
trustees after the sale of bonds,
and there has been no deviation in
the Moore Haven District; and.
Whereas, The duties Of such
trustees, under the law, are only
those that formerly deyolved up
on the county treasurer, viz: the
handling Of the funds as treasur-
er; Now, Therefore.
Be It Resolved, That this board
approves the action of Commits
sioner Written in following the
precedent established by this
board, and that when the bonds
srya.1 -. m~rA &A
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1919-02-20

All activities Of the United
States Food Administration termi-
nate in Florida on the 18th inst.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1919-02-20

The new senate bill contains a
total of $447 900 for improvement
to waterways Of Florida.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1919-07-05
You Do More Work.

You are moro ambfious and you get more
enjoyment out Of kerythine when YOU
blood 10 in good condition. Impurities in
tho blood have q very depressing effect on
the system, causing weakness, laziness
nervousness and sickness.
GROVES TASTELESS Chill TONIC
restores Energy and Vitality by Purifying
and EnFichin9 the Blood. When you feel
tn strengthening. invieofatine effect, see
how It brings color to the cheeks and how
Il. improves the appetite. you will then
appreciate its true tonic value.
GROVES TASTELESS Chill TONIC
10 not patent medicine, il IS simply
IRON and QUNINE suspended In Syrup.
So pleasant even, children like it. The
blood needs Quinine to Purifyit and IRON
to Enrich L. These reliable tonic prop
critics never fail to drive out impurities In
the blood.
The Strength Creating Power Of GROVES
TASTELESS Chill TONIC has made It
the tavogito tonic In thousands Of homes.
More than thirty-nve years ago. folks
would ride lone distance to Oct GROVES
TASTELESS Chill TONIC when q
member Of their family had Malaria Or
needed bodybuilding, strength giving
tonic. The formula b Just the sans to-
day. end you can Get II from any drug
seore. 60c Per bottle.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1919-07-05

manding the employment of mer
at high wages, that they will not
work in the fields at prices the
planters can afford to pay.
The cane fields between Frank.
lin and New Orleans, distance
Of about 100 miles, covering the
parishes of st. Mary. Terrebonnc.
Assumption, Lafourche, St
Charles and Jefferson, present a
sorry sight, compared to the high
cultivation of these same lands
just few years ago. These facts,
turned face up, point directly
that a new system of agriculture
must be adopted if these lands are
to produce a full measure of
wealth for the people. The far
mer Of the future must be the
owner of the land, interested in
it's development, deeply concerned
in productive capacity who will
receive its earnings, and enjoy the
fruits Of his efforts.-Weekly
Waterman.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1919-07-05
SPECULATION IN LAND.

In ten thousands ways, land mo-
nopoly blocks the way of advanc-
ing civilization. It, more than
any other cause brought on this
war. Land and territory, the free
dom of the seas. opportunity for
a juster, better life, a life more
worth while: "Give me liberty
or give me DEATH was the cry Of
nations starting from the spell Of
years! The classes were with few
exceptions determined to hold the
masses in subsection. They con-
sidered themselves their brothers
keepers, using them only a little
less humanely than they did their
horses and dogs. A love that
might have redeemed the world
was wasted distributing soup tick
cts, and doing out aims to be seen
of men! In the language of Toll
stoy, they were wiling to do any,
thing in the world for the dear
people, except to. get off their
backs. Beside Spectators, none
discourage the use Of land, but the
abuse Of land, holding it out Of
use for a rise. just one concrete
example which came, under the
writers notice. In certain town
the Woodmen of the World. de-
sirng a club house went to the
owner Of a lot which they thought
would answer their purpose and
were told his price would be
$4,000. After six or eight weeks
Of strenuous canvassing among
their members, they finally sue
ceeded in raising the amount re-
quired where they returned. His,
reply was, Gentlemen my price
for that lot is now $4,000" The
lot is yet vacant. This is only a
sample Of millions of similar eases
where men attempt to live to-
gether as brothers on the land
which God made for all.
As a rule, these good people are
as innocent of wrong doing as
those who crucified Christ. and
like him we must say Father
forgive them, for they know not
what they do Life is a gam
Bile and must remain so, as long
as men continue to speculate in
land. the source Of all life.
Josie Thorpe Price.
Los Angeles, June 10Th.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1919-07-05

There are numbers Of mothers
who never take the time or trouble
to teach their daughters how to
work. Never stop to teach them
the art Of Housekeeping or home
making. They say. "Oh, they
waste too much in learning. I
had rather do it myself than to
waste the time trying to show
them" It may take more time,
but is it fair to the child not to
give her this trainingi You are
wasting her right and opportunity
to know these things. OF course,
domestic science and domestic art
are being taught in the schools
now, but rarely is the opportunity
given them to put into practice
what they learn. The home is the
place for them to get the actual
practice and experience. They
learn the fundamentals and proper
methods IN school, but do not gen
|erally have the time for enough
practical work. Vacation is an
excellent time for this expert
|ence.Ex.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1919-07-05
The Joy Of Living.

To enjoy life we must have good
hcal'h No one can reasonably
horc - rot much real pleasure
OH, Of life when his bowels are
clogged a good share of the time
and the poisons that should be
expelled are absorbed into the
svssem, producing headache and
INDIGESTION A few doses of
Chamberlain Tablets will move
the bowels. strengthen the diges-
ton and give you chance to
realize the real JOY of living.
Try IL.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1919-07-05
Children Cry
FOR eleTcneR'S
G a . ITO ri A
CAD BUT TRUE.

According to statistics furnish
ed by the department of agricul-
ture, Louisiana will have q reduc-
ton in cane acreage to the amount
OF 80, 900 acres. And it might be
stated that the amount will con-
tinue to grow less with each sue
ceeding season, under the gang
system Of production. The indus
trial world. and especially this
part Of it, is growing so fast in
other lines Of development, de-