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The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-08-12
WILDERNESS ROAD TO
BE Open BY WINTER,
SAYS MAJOR BROWN
All Except Nine Miles Graded and
Work is Being Speeded Us, Says
Engineer.

The Wilderness road, between Ar
cada and the Lee county line, will
be open to travel by the first of
November, according to Major
Prown, state highway engineer, and
the opening of this road, the Fort
Myers Press thinks, will greatly
stimulate motor travel from the CEN
trail parts of the state to Fort Myers.
Says the Press:
Completion of the road from
Fort Myers to Arcadia, or its advaI-
cement to a condition making auto
mobile travel over it both safe and
comfortable by November, is prGmis-
ed by Major Brown. state highway
engineer, who was in Fort Myers for
few hours yeste day afternoon.
Mai. Brown stated that only about
nine miles of grading remains to be
done on the road, all of which is on
the DeSoto county side OF the lire.
The state highway engineer stated
that he has just mcde a survey of
work completed and in progress on
the road.
A force of about seventy-fve cen
victs, in addition to labor gangs, is
engaged on the work. The macnin-
cry and equipment being used every
day comprises a Buckeye dredge,
the big steam shovel belop ging to
Lee county, eleven mule teams and
outfits. and ten quad trucks for re-
moving dirt and E7ulng material.
According to Maj. Brown all the
grading between Prairie creek and
Carlstrom field has been completed
and work has been started on sur
facing this stretch.
Work on the Lee county end of the
road, Maj. Brown said, is in such
shape as to make it possible to trans
fer labor gangs and outfits from this
end of the road to the DeSoto county
end. That part of the road within
Lee county, he said, is ready to join
up with the upper part of the road.
while the Fort Myers-Arcadia
road will rot be really completed by
hat time" Mai. Brown stated, at
will be far enough advanced to af-
ford a good, hard highway for auto
mobiles and other traffic between the
Two cities by November.
"Only about nine miles of really
bad road remains, and work is being
rushed on this ctretCh. Pre- 81 ess
has been somewhat slowed up be-
cause of the recent rains, but the
work will be spcedcd up as soon as
he rainy season is oy1r, and tho en-
tire road should be finished during
he coming winter, barring accidents
and unavoidable delays"
Completion of the road to Arcadia
will afford Fort Myers and Lee coun-
~ the long desired avenue of com
to the north, and at Ar
,adia will link this section of the
state up with the system of good
-oads radiating from that point to
LII parts of central and northern
Florida.
1t is expected that announcement
If tie practical completion of trav-
liable highway from Arcadia to Fort
Myers will greatly stimulate m5tor |
ravel from the ce.ttral parts of the |
tate to Fort Myers and Lee county. |
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-08-12
From every town in the state comes

From every town in the state comes
the news that there are no vacant
houses and in many places no build
ing is being done. With a hundred
thousand new people coming to Flori-
da this winter there is going to be
some fun finding accommodations
for them. Those towns that haven't
enough of the progressive spirit to
build and benefit from the great in
fiux ought to at least provide a camp
ing place for the ourists.-Times
Union.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-08-12

Most of the northern and north
western counties of Florida show a
decreased valuation for purposes of
taxation. Those counties have learn
ed how to throw the tax burden on
the progressive parts of the state,
while continuing to govern it by set
ting aside the plain commands of the
constitution.-Cfea Sum-
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-08-12
Rig Bathing Party.

The Y. w. c. A. girls have arrang-
ed for a bathing party tomorrow
(FriGay) night. Everybody is in
vited and it is expected that the big
gest crowd of the season will be or
hand.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-08-12

Charley Richmond is tearing down
Broom house at Lee Branch and
re-erecting it on his home place in
Solana-
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-08-12

The Washington American League
baseball team will train at Tampa
again next spring.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-08-12

This prosperous Gent with the Care
free Air is a Steady Advertiser. Busi-
ness is Good, and Bank Account Is
Growing every day and New Car
roOsts in the Garage. His only Worry
is that his Competitor will Wake Up
some day and be Steady Advertiser
too, in which case he Wouldn't have
IT So Soft.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-08-12
IMPROVEMENTS

Punta Gorda is an up 20
date town, having more
improvements than many
much larger
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-08-12
POPULATION

Punta Gocda's population
Increased % percent dur
ing 10 years. Population
1920, 1926
Gilpin observer., 1920-07-29
Real Test Of Friendship.

The loftiest test of friendship-un-
derstood as companionship-is the
power to do without it. And in this
world of external confuslons and sep
arations, there is often such need.
We do not yield the friendship, but
must forego the companionship. Then
comes the proof of our capacity for
sacrifice, our loyalty to the highest of
all. We turn our faces from each
other, but never our hearts. and walk
our opposite ways. Gradually the
heavens widen and deepen above, us :;
we find ourselves breathing new. yet
strangely familiar atmospheres, sweet
with the breath Of the old affection :
we see ourselves-each sees the other
met once more in n Presence which
has never forsaken us-the presence
OF one who puts his cross into the
hands of all holiest friendship, saying
Conquer by this. :" There is no dan
ger of losing love, here or hereafter,
II II is only real; for love is the one
ndestructible element In the universe
Lucy Larcom.
Gilpin observer., 1920-07-29
is WORLDS LARGEST ISLAND
Distinction Undoubtedly Belongs to
New Guinea, II Australia Is to
Be Excluded.

New Guinea, also called Papua, Is
the largest island In the world. ex-
Guiding Australia. 1t lies north of
Australia and south of the equator,
and has an area of about 215,0OO
square miles, with an estimated ma
rive population of about 1000, 900. or
the total area In 1914, the southeast
portion, 10000 square miles, with
population of 2OO,OOO was a territory
of the Commonwealth of Australia;
the northeast portion, 10000 square
miles, with population of 100000,
was the German colony of Kaiser
Wilhelm's land, and the west portion,
$4,000 square miles, with popula
ton of 100000. was part of the Meth
crlands, East Indies. An expedition
of Imperial Australian troops took
possession of the German territory on
September "a, 1914, and the former
German possessions in New Guinea
have been allocated to the Australian
Commonwealth. The area of the ter
ritory under British control has thus
been increased to about 100000 square
miles, with an estimated native popu-
lation of $4,000.
Gilpin observer., 1920-07-29
Lucky Even to Get That.

"The president OF the stone bank
was kidnapped by robber." relates the
landlord Of Petunia tavern. "He was
in his own yard, in his shirt sleeves,
moving the lawn, when the villain
driv' up in snOrting car and compell
ed him, at the pint of pistol to get
in, and then went roaring off with him
in southeasterly direction. The sup
position was that the scoundrel expect.
ed to hold him for ransom. Just at
dusk last night the bank president
came back In the car. He was wear.
ing vest and a pensive smile, and
also pants and coat. In pocket Of
the coat was pistol, and there was
bundle of clothes in the bottom Of
the car. When asked about the fate
of the bandit he sorter yawned and
said he presumed likely the villain
found barrel observation-disclosures
City Star.
Gilpin observer., 1920-07-29
FORCED REMOVAL OF EpIcT
londoners In Riotous Mood When
Monarch Threatened to Close
City's Coffee Houses.

All England was up in riotous de-
fense of the right to pursue happiness
and coffee when, In 1915, Charles tried
to close the coffee e-houses as 1.-THE great
resort of idle and disaffected persons"
hot beds Of political intrigue. So loud
were the protests against the prOhibi-
ton that the king was forced to re.
woke his proclamation. To save his
dignity, he said that "Out of his prince
ly consideration and royal compassion
all and every retailer of the liquor
aforesaid shall be allowed to keep op.
en- until the four and twentieth day of
June next" The arid date came and
went-and the lid didn't go on. The
London coffee houses still flourished,
champions of free speech when the
press was controlled and parliament
unreliable.
OF all the literary and political
meeting places, the most influential
was one pOpularized by the patronage
of the poet Dryden. Literary aspir-
ants Of the day paid dearly mere
ly for the privilege of entering the
room the great man usually Occu-
pied. There 1t was that Pepys saw
him, center of an admiring throng,
having 'very witty and pleasant dis
course" Dryden's chair always was
placed by the fire in the winter and
on the balcony IL summer.
Gilpin observer., 1920-07-29
Velocity OF Light.

Physicists never tire of efforts to
Increase the accuracy of their knowl.
edge Of the fundamental facts of
science. a redcterminatlon of the
velocity of light by the Fitzean toothed
wheel method was made at Nice.
These experiments were remarkable
on account OF the great distance over
which the beam of light employed was
transmitted. Previously such n beam
had been caused to travel about fifteen
miles but on this occasion the reflect
ing mirror was so placed that the total
distance traversed by the beam. going
ind returning. was fifty-seven miles.
The mean OF 1.l09 observations gave
for the velocity of light 1S6,225h
miles second.
Gilpin observer., 1920-07-29
MODERN MAN OF BUSINESS
Wins Success With Ideas That Would
Shock the Very Soul Of His
Grandfather.

A business man tells, In Peoples
Magazine how he commits suicide at
stated intervals.
II die every little while, he says.
II pretend that the end has come and
l ask myself what am doing that
some one else could not do just as
well-Or better. Since i contracted
the habit of killing myself off, have
dropped one kind of work after an
other. Keeping in mind that 1 may
drop off any minute, have under
studies ready not only for myself but
for the other important men. We are
all unnecessary. The result Is our
business never was better. We are
all principals Every one of our men
carries marshal's baton In his hav
ersack. The men under me seem to
keep on saying every little while,
Here, you, get out of the way And,
in self-prOtection, l scramble up to
higher place and all the rest of the
men move forward at the same time.
mot only do / share authority, but
l share profits. The Il idea of busi-
ness went out of our place years ago.
Now 1t Is always We 1t hurts me
every time / hear one of our men say
Il will do this or that when speaking
with customer. He is supposed to
say We will do that The We spir.
it Is what we have cultivated because
we have realized that Il is pretty
small individual.
$50, my advice to my fellow busi-
ness man is to commit suicide every
little while. If they do the job hon
estly and in workmanlike manner
they will find themselves constructing
the ladder that will land them in
heaven, not after they are in the
earth of ours"
Gilpin observer., 1920-07-29
BATHING SUITS
APE ALL MODES
Beach Costumes Depict Fashion
Review of Various Styles of
the Season.
BLACK ENJOYS FIRST PLACE
CoIors Absence Last Summer From
Front Line Ranks Was Only Tenn
porary; Marked Vogue for
Brown.

The bathing costumes appearing on
the beaches this year, writes a sea-
shore fashion correspondent, depict a
fashion review of all the styles that
we have had in dresses this season.
The evening dress. the afternoon frock,
the sports suit. all find their pro-
totype in the bathing suit of today.
Just like the young girls evening
dresses are the taffeta suits, with
their billowing skirts composed of tier
after tier Of rufIles, picct edged or
bound with silk. and their huge ribbon
sashes with streaming ends.
1t is the simple, youthful type of eve
ming dress. elaborate for the beach.
it is true, but plain in contrast to
the extreme things of last season, in
which no effort was spared to make
them all that was costly and perisha-
hle. Velvets were dyed. then crushed
and printed into gorgeous designs.
Cashmeres were treated to give them
the appearance of costly antique Stuffs.
Hnndwork of all sorts was featured in
great quantities.
Last year the seaside resorts were
very gay for the first time In sever
nj years. and bathing suits We're al
most lurid. Each woman. In her de-
sire to express JOY M the end Of the
dreary war years selected the gay
est thlngs she could ,ind-nnd there
were plenty of gay bathing suits TO be
found. Bright reds, brilliant purplcs
and vivid green's bohbcd over the sur
face of the waters and basked in the
sunshine on the sands. Everybody ap-
parently seized the opportunity to rev.
81 in the most brilliant clothes ever
seen on the beaches, and the seashorc
was one spot where bright apparel did
not appear ont OF place.
Reaction Toward Simpler Things.
This year. however. secs change
In baihing suits. The pinnacle Of cx-
lravagancc In fashion appears 10 have
heen reached. for the time being, Mt
least, and there Is tendency to turn
toward simpler things. The beach
clothes faithfully mirror the demand
FOR something simpler In our dress.
Many of them nrc exact copies of sim
pie little French frocks.
A turning to the darker colors Is
noted. Black. which was almost
crowded out Of the list of bathing
things Inst year. now enjoys first place.
Its absence from the front line ranks
was only temporary. This may be due
| In u mensu,' to the fact thai people
| found bright colOrs unsatisfactory
when dipped In the salt water every
hny or exposed to the bright sun. and
| are quite ready to come back to the
| practical hack satin and iaffetn suit
The vogue for brown is quite ms
mnrked In bathing suits ms In Other
clothes. We never have thought OF
brown ns mn attractive color for
bathing suits: In fact. II was unisn-
NJ 10 see II on the beach. I'rnbnhly
because the color has been IA much
IN the linciighi. designers have worked
nut some Of ;hcir pr"lt'rst models H.
! II. Certainly there Is much to he saiu
Gilpin observer., 1920-07-29
HAD TO HAVE AN ARGUMENT
Old Yankee Was sick to Death Of ~.
nosphers Of Psaeefulnsss Which
Surrounded Him.

An old Yankee was station master,
telegraph operator, ticket agent and
baggageman at small town In
Maine. A passenger bought a ticket
to New York. Then he walked round
to the baggage room to have his
trunk checked. The whiskered little
ticket agent met him in his new char
acter as baggageman. "Wun't check
it!" he said.
"Why not? That's a perfectly good
ticket. You just sold it to me. The
ticket permits me to check baggage
on It,"
"Said I wouldn't check 1t an 1
wun't check it."
But you have to check 1t. ="
Don't talk big to me, young man.
I'm boss here. Said wouldn't check
it, an wun't."
Then followed 10 minutes of heated
dispute. Then the distant whistle of
the approaching train was heard. The
old man peered down the track and
then returned to the passenger
Changed my mind" said he. "Tn
check it."
But why all this row. Why
wouldn't you check 1t In the first
place and save all this argument"
Young feller," responded the rail-
road functionary, without even a
twinkle in his eye, "I'll tell you how
tits. For spell. nobuddy's been
a-comin' down here like they used to-
Hang 'raound tn pustuffice drivelin
'baout peace an politics n slch. Been
lonesum. 'Hain't had emmy argymint
with nobuddy in three months, an
b'gum! wuz COMO hev one or
bust New York correspondent in
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune.
Gilpin observer., 1920-07-29
Weiahina a Perfume.

II was the italian physicist Salvioni
who devised u microbalance Of such
extreme delicacy that 1t clearly DEM
onstrates the loss of weight Of musk
by volatilizatlon. Thus the invisible
perftme floating of in the air Is in
directly weighed. The essential part
Of the apparatus is very thin thread
Of glass liked at one end and extended
horizontally. The microscopic objects
to be weighed nre placed upon the
glass thread near Its free end and the
amount Of Aexurc produced Is OBJ
served with a miscroscope magnifying
100 diameters. A mote weighing one
thousandth Of millIgrnm percepubly
bends the thread.
Gilpin observer., 1920-07-29
Tying the Knot.

The performance of the marriage
ceremony is often spoken of ms "ty-
ing the knot" The expression may
he of comparatively recent origin.
figuratlve phrase referring to the fact
that the contracting parties are united
or bound together In wedlock. Quite
MS reasonable n supposltion is that
1t has come down from the ancient
Babylonians.
At any rate 1t was the custom in
old Babylonia for the priest who off,
clated mt the wedding to take n thread
from the garment of the bride and
one from garment of the groom.
He would then knot the two together
and present them to the bride. SYM
Dol of the matrimonial tie joining her
and her husband.
Gilpin observer., 1920-07-29
Fatch Your linoIeum.

when linoleum wears out in any
spot mark out with chalk on the limo.
leum the piece you wish to repair. The
shape of this piece should he square
circular or triangular. Cut II out with
n sharp. short.hlnded knife and place
II ns n pattern on new piece of limo
leum and cut out carefully. Put hot
glue around the edge and little un.
dernenth and fix II Into the empty
space. The glue will secure It firmly.
alling up the crack nll around and so
prevent dust from entering the joint.
No nails ore required. n the llnoleuiD
has design and the new piece is
matched the joint will scarcely be
nociet-i
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-09-21
FederaZ ReSerUe Bank
Pledges C0tton Growers
lid in FinanClng Crop

by farm products, whether cotton
or what not.
Commissioner Brown three days
ago addressed to. Governor Wellborn,
of the Atlanta Federal Reserve
bank. the following letter:
II am receiving many inquiries
from citizens of Georgia as to the
present policy of the sixth federal
reserve bank regarding the re-d1s-
counting of cotton paper. Will you
be so kind as to write me If there
is any hesitation on the part of your
bank toward re-discounting a farm
er's six months note. or mer-
chants three months note. either of
which is secured by a bonded cot
ton warehouse receipt? Your prompt
reply to the foregoing question will
be very much appreciated.
Governor Wellboru's reply was as
follows:
your letter of September 16. In re-
ply. wish to say that we are adj
vising our member banks in reply
to their inquiries that they need
have no fear that the Federal Re-
serve bank will not function prop
erly and accommodate it's member
banks in re-discounting their GUS
toners notes secured by cotton, for
the orderly marketing of the crop.
We are following Our custom of the
past in accepting from member
banks notes of merchants and cot
ton shippers for 80 days, secured by
cotton, up to 80 per cent of it's mar
ket value, insured and properly
stored. and notes of farmers having
a maturity of six months"
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-09-21

J. J. Brown, commissioner of ag-
Iriculture. has received a letter from
NJ. B. Wellborn, governor of the Fed
eral Reserve Bank of Atlanta, d.
rectly and positively informing him
that the bank this season is follow
ing it's established custom of &C
cepting notes Of merchants and
farmers secured by cotton ware
house receipts.
Commissioner Brown regards the
letter as a document Of the highest
Importance, for it corroborateS, Off
cially and for publication, the pre-
vious assurances given him by GOV
ernor Wellborn and other officials
of the bank.
There appears to Commissioner
Brown, he stated, Saturday, to be
a widespread propaganda among
bankers, merchants and farmers to
the effect that the Federal Reserve
bank in the present crop marketing
season would heavily curtail the re-
discount of paper secured by cotton
warehouse receipts.
He believes the statement made
by Governor Harding, of the Federal
Reserve board in Washington, to a
committee representing the Amer
lean Cotton association. and pub
lished in the newspapers all over
the country. has been misunderstood
in some quarters and miscOnStrued
in others
To Commissioner Browns mind
the language used by Governor Har-
ding by no means indicated that the
Federal Reserve bank intended to
fuse re-discounts of paper secured
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-09-21
$500. SUBSCRIBED
FORDEMOCRATIC
CAMPAIGN FUND

The invitation by The Journal to
Georgia Democrats to contribute f,ItT ITO to
party has been accepted by two
prominent Georgiansmssen5attor H Holi
known Atlanta attorney-each of
whom came forward with $500 as a a
is expected to set the pace among
the southern states.
The Journals invitation was is
sued at the request of Wilbur
Marsh. treasurer of the Democratic
national committee. The party has
no machinery for raising campaign
funds by direct appeal to the indi-
vidual, and solicitations for contri-
buttons thus will be made through
the press.
It is confidently expected that this
solicitation will meet with a gener-
Gus response, and that the Geor-
gia fund will not be permitted to
lag.
Contributions received by The
Journal will be promptly acknowl-
edged and forwarded to Urea surer
Marsh
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-09-21

The following statement was is
sued last week by Harvie Jordan,
secretary of the American Cotton
association:
again the bear dopesters are
confronted with facts which under
mine their house of cards. For
weeks the press and numbers of
market letters have flooded the
south with statements that mills
were either closing down or run
ming on short time, and that mills
we'll supplied with enough cotton to
last them well into next year. Uncle
Sans agents of the census bureau
have just published some reliable
statistics which knock all such bear
dope into a cooked hat.
Listen. here are the facts: The
census bureau says of American
consumption, the following: Cotton
consumed during August amount TO
4S3,193 running bales of lint as
against 497,319 bales of line in Au
gust 1919. A difference of only 49,
0O) bales in favor of last year. Only
100000 bales on hand in consum-
ing establishments this year as COM
pared with 1,133,OOO bales last year
Not over a sixty day supply IaRy-