The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1919-04-17
County Commissioners Busy

Inc DesCOJO COuilty SoiuilhiooioA
ers heard and passed upon a num-
Der of petitions relating to roads
at their meeting last week.
The commissioners opened bids
for an issue of $4,000 OF bonds
by the Moore Haven road and
bridge district as follows: q. b.
Sawyer Co., Jacksonville, $4,000;
First Savings and Trust Co., Tam
pa, $S6,650; Robinson-Humphrey
Co., Atlanta, $S7, 36480
After consideration of bids the
commissioners having been advls-
ed that the bid of the Robinson
Humphrey Co. did not provide
for attorneys fees and exchange
decided that the bid of G. B. Saw
yer Co., of Jacksonville, was the
best and they were accordingly
awarded the entire issue of bonds.
Warrants were ordered drawn
for 800 each to Elmer Garner
and F. N. McClelland for the COM
pletion of dipping watts, according
to specifications.
Hon. A. NJ Wilson, senator
from this district, IN a commune
cation to the county commission
ers says:
II understand that an effort
will be made to get new judi
cial circuit, composed OF DeSoto
and Lee counties, leaving Polk in
circuit to itself. This | regard
as a very vital question, and one
that merits close scrutiny before
an effort is made in that direction.
J | could not favor such measure
unless it be clearly shown that 1T
is matter OF great necessity.
81 have always maintained that
if our circuit judges could be
made to understand that they are
only hired servants of the people
and that they owe their full time
to the people, we would hear less
about congested court dockets. /"
Speaking OF proposed meas
ure doing away with the bond
trustees in DeSoto county, Mr..
Wilson will first try to secure its
passage as a general measure, but
| in case he fails, will draw another
bill, including both DeSoto and
Manatee counties.
/ The county commissioners gave
their Endorsement to the paper
having for its object the amend
ment of section 587 OF the general
statutes of the state relative to
the duties Of circuit court clerks
on the sale and redemption OF
tax certificates.
In his report to the county COM
missioners State Livestock In
spector A. f. Hall states that
eight dipping watts were built dur
/ ing the month OF March increas-
ing the number in the county to
1 IS. Number of cattle dipped dur
ing the month Of March $500.
A full report OF this work for
the first three months of the year
was made by County Agent w. A..
Seasons. His report shows: Pres
ent number Of demonstrators IN
the county IL, corn club boys q;
cane clubs S; pig clubs boys en-
rolled 35; visits made to demons
strators 4 to corn clubs 4; cane
clubs IL; pig clubs 4 other farms
lat; bulletins and circulars dis
tributed 108; letters written l67;
articles written for the papers 1 i;
hogs inoculated 29S, he being as
sisted by the state veterinarian IN
the oculation; farmers meetings
held 6; visits from specialists i;
the object being to investigate
the possibilities for rice in this
county; miles travelled in auto
mobile 1862. He has distributed
"a tons of nitrate OF soda to the
farmers, saving them nearly
$1,000.
The commissioners voted to APP
prove an appropriation by the
Legislature of 100000 for the e.
radication of crtrus canker in the
state, and they urge our repre-
sentatives at Tallahassee to sup
I port such a measure.
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