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The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1920-05-06

There still seems to be q
notion in some quarters that
any tire is good enough for
a small car,
That's not what the man
who owns it thinks.
In recommending and sell
ing U. S. Tires we are trying
to see his side of the propo-
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-06-03
CANDIDATE GEO. WILDER
SPOKE TUESDAY NIGHT

| George Wilder, candidate for
member of congress from this dis
trict, addressed a small crowd of
citizens at the Seminole hotel corner
Tuesday night, and there is no doubt
that his speech was a "vote-getter"
and that Ne made many friends here.
Mr.. Wilder told of his progress in
public life and impressed upon his
hearers that he is a man who does
things, or at least makes an. effort to
do things, and promised his hearers
that if he is elected he will do his
best for them.
He said that he was not running
against Mr.. Drane, his opponent, and
said that he was ah estimable gentle
man, and then proceeded to show,
according to his statement, that Mr..
.DraRc had done nothing during his
term of congress. Like Cats,
Swearingen, Hulley, ct al, it appears
that Mr. Wilder labors under the i'm
preston that because a majority of
the newspapers of Florida are sup
porting his opponent, they are
bought" least he referred to thc
bought" press. but before saying
much along this line checked himself
and cut this part of his talk short, as
If he were not quite sure whether 1t
would be policy to continue. NJ
Wilder denied that he is lined up
with Cats and Swearingeu and the
BoIshevik element, and only in his
reference to the press did HIS talk
resemble the harangues with which
these persons atfIict the populace.
Mr.. Wilder made good impress
sion on his hearers and 1t seems like
ly that as a result of his visit he will
be given a substantial vote by Punta
Gorda.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-06-03
WILL CANDIDATE SAULS
WITHDRAW FROM RACE?

At Charlotte Harbor. Sauls, anti
| division Candidate for member of
the legislature, following a state
ment by his opponent, DR.. Etheredge,
to the effect that tla millage in
Pinellgs county the smallest county
in tie state, was 81 mills, said that
If it could be proved that 81 mills is
the total paid by taxpayers of Pinel-
las county, then ne (Sauls) would
withdraw from the race-at least he
is alleged to have made such state
ment.
Here is 4 copy of al affidavit by j.
N. Brown, clerk Of the circuit court
of Pinellas codnty. the original Of
which is in the possession of Dr.
Etheredge:
State of Florida, County of Pinel-
la3--I, J. n. Brown, clerk OF the cir
cult court in and for said county do
hereby certify that the foregoing is
a true statement of the valuation of
Pinellas county as assessed by the tax
assessor. and the millage levied by
the county commissioners Of said
county. for county and school purpos-
es for the pear 1919. Witness my
hand and official seal this the goth
day of May, 1920. (Signed) ]. n.
BROWN, clerk circuit court"
The statement referred TO shows
that the general county millage in
Pinellas county is 81 and that the
county millage for schools is 10,
which added give a total of 81 mills
for general and school taxes assess
ed by the county. The assessed val
uation of Pipellas county is S10,-
599,23889.
The above affidavit seems to prov
that DR.. Etheredge was right when
he said that the millage Of Pinellas
was 81. Will Mr. Sauls with
draw?
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-06-03
Divisionists Confidently Look Forward to
Overwhelming Victory at Polls That
Will Lead to Successful End of
2O-Year Fight for Rights

territory surrounding is amply able
to support county government OF
its own-and on a much lower rate
of taxation than its people are pay
ing at present. Punta GOrda has led
the county in practically every pro-
gressiyc movement, and handicapped
as she has been in many ways, has
made wonderful strides in the past
few years. She has two strong bank
ing institutions and third with cap
ital of $4,000, will be ready to be-
gin business during the next few
months. Punta Gorda's bank depos-
its have grown by leaps and bounds
during the past two years, There is
no doubt of her prosperity. and this
prosperity is permanent prosperity,
based upon substantial industries.
Punta Gorda's wholesale fish busi-
ness alone Is worth more annually
than the citrus crop OF the entire
county Trucking is an important
industry, the Punta Gorda section
standing second only to the Wauchu-
la district as producer of winter
vegetables. Punta Gorda has large
acreage of the finest orange and
groves to be found in
Florida and here. in great quantities,
are grown the worlds finest pine
are today retailing at
81 each-and higher. The cattle
business is large one in this sec
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-06-03
WALDEN NOT DISQUALIFIED
AS CANDIDATE FOR JUDGE

County Judge J. l. Walden, an ap-
pointee of Governor Cats and a can
didate for election for another term,
was not a candidate for the office at
the time he contributed $50 to the
governors campaign fund, and there
fore did not violate the law prohibit
ing one candidate contributing to the
campaign fund of another.
Following publication of the story
in the Herald last week, in which it
was brought out that Judge Walden's
name appeared in the list of contri-
butors to Cats campaign fund and
that If he had contributed this money
in violation of the law he might be
disqualified as a candidate and liable
to fine and Imprisonment, Judge
Walden and a friend called at the
Herald Office and exhibited the check
given Governor Cats. The check
was on the First National Bank of
Arcadia and was dated December
10th, 1919. The banks stamp on
the back showed that 1t was paid on
December 18th. Judge Walden
says that he was not a candidate at
the time he gave Cats the money
and that it was not contribution to
the governors campaign fund but to
help him buy a Ford.
Judge Walden was appointed by
the governor on July first, 1919. and
Walden says that the gift was inspir-
ed by his gratitude to the governor.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-06-03
DES0T WI u v0TE Z
ON DIVISION TUESDAY
How Would Division Affect
Our Schools and Roads =?

We have been contending that the
dividing of DeSoto county into small.
Ter units would be the most effective
means of providing better roads and
schools in all parts of the county. In
support of our contention we are Civ
ing some facts concerning Pinellas
county, next to the smallest county
in the state.
Eight years ago, after years of ef-
fort, Pinellas county separated from
Hillsborough county. Plnellas is
next to the smallest county in the
state, having but 1926 square miles
of territory. The smallest county
taken from DeSoto under the tive-
county plan would be Wauchula and
would contain $50 square miles,
more than twice as much territory as
Pinellas.
Here is what Guy Neal, county
clerk of Pinellas county, says. He
knows.
"Pinellas county has been organ
lied eight years. At that time there
was not a foot OF hard roadway in
the county or a brick street in Clear
water, the county seat. 1t was al
most impossible to get any improve
ments of any consequence. The ma
jority on the board of county COM
missioners were interested in Tampa
and, while they admitted the need of
many mprovements, yet there were
always more pressing things to be
done nearer home.
Now, after eight years, the new
county has seventy-three miles of
brick roads, besides ma miles of
marl and shell roads. Development
and Improvement of the territory has
exceeded the widest expectations.
There is fine new modern court
house, fine school buildings and four
accredited high schools.
"All towns in the county have en-
joyed a substantial growth.
THE county tax assessment is only
81 mills and this includes go mills
for Hillsborough debt and road
bonds.
The total assessed valuation eight
years ago was $3.S00,203. This
Continued on third page)
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-06-03
Division Would Benefit Old
County Much as New Ones

1t Is not the desire of the county
divisionists to injure any section of
old DeSoto county. They have no
axe to grind with Arcadia, nor do
they want to see that city retrograde.
They have no idea of visiting the sins
Of the few upon the many, and we
purpose to show that Arcadia and
the surrounding country would not
suffer at all from county division as
planned. %
In the first place, the remainder of
the county would be making the old
DeSoto present of a magnificent
court house and county jail. The
taxpayers would be put to no expense
In erecting new public buildings.
Secondly. old DeSoto would have
lVe commissioners districts as
against one under present conditions.
Those districts would include Fort
Ogden, Nocatee, Pine Level and
Owens, Arcadia and the territory
north of Arcadia.
Third, inasmuch as the outlying
towns exert a tremendous influence
in county affairs and usually hold the
balance of power when it comes to
selecting comfy officers and deciding
important questions, the various sec
tions of DeSoto would have great
er voice in the location and building
of roads, the handling of the public
funds and the education of the rising
generation. In fact, the outlying
towns which would remain in DeSeto
county have so much at stake that
not one of them can afford to oppose
the creation of four new counties.
Fourth, old DeSoto county has
many thousands of acres of fertile
soil. adaptable to citrus growing,
trucking, general farming and stock
raising. These lands, would take on
a wonderful development. for instead
Of few good roads leading into the
county seat. the taxpayers would
have the opportunity to build a net
work of good roads in all sections of
the county. Thousands of acres of
fertile lands would be thrown open
Continued on third page)
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-06-03
FORT MYERS PROPOSES 70
BOND FOR S4OO, 900.

1t looks very much as If Fort
Myers and Lee county are going
ahead and build the much-discussed
proposed bridge across the Caloosa-
hatchee and Lee couLty's part of the
short-rt ute road between Fort Myers
and Punta Gorda.
At a regular meeting of the Fort
Myers Board of Trade, Tuesday
night, May 25th, bridge and road
matters were brought up for discus
sion. 1t was recommended that a
special road ana bridge district be
formed for the purpose of bonding
which would take care of the Caloosa-
hatchee river bridge and road con-
meeting Lee county with DeSoto
county. This also provided for the
resurfacine of McGregor boulevard,
which has been greatly damaged by
heavy hauling from the sawmills and
truck farms.
It is said that there was not dis
sentiag vote on the proposal to bond
for 100000 The road from New
Prospect to the DeSoto county line,
according to plans of the promoters
will be of the best possible construct
ion.
II is understood that the county
commissioners will be asked to call
the bonding election at their next
meeting.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-06-03

tiOn and has added untold thousands
to it's wealth, yet II may be consider
ed the least of the leading wealth
producers Many counties of Flor
ida have but one industry to depend
upon, and in having variety OF
prospering industries Punta Gorda ia
more fortunate than many other sec
tions that are supporting a county
government of their own-and are
prosperous and contented. The anti
divisionsts who would say that the
Punta Gorda section is not able to
take care of itself and sustain a coun-
ty government in the light of all
these facts would display the height
of folly.
If a new county is created with
Punta Gorda as the county seat there
is every reason to believe that in
stead of it being necessary to in
crease taxes. they can be reduced,
for there is none who will say that
all the money that this section sends
to the county seat comes back to us.
But for the sake of argument let us
presume that 1t will not be possible
to reduce taxes: The people of this
district would not be compelled to
travel long distances to the present
county seat to atsend court and trans
act business at the county seat; the
money that iS now going from this
section to Arcadia in fees would stay
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-06-03

The old packing house owned by
E,tfords & Smoyer of Clearwater, and
u,der the management of C. E.
Hines. is being torn down and
larger and better one will take its
place. 1t will be equipped with the
latest machinery and will have
capacity of thousand boxes a day,
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-06-03

The minds eye of all DeSoto coun-
ty is fixed upon next Tuesday, June
eighth, for on that day will be decid-
ed the will of her people as to the
proposed division of the county and
the creation of four new ones. Tues
day, June eighth, will mark the eli
max of a contest that has been going
on without interruption for the past
twenty years or more. Interest in
the county division fight eclipses
everything else.
Those who are opposed TO the di-
vision of DeSoto county have been
active in spreading propaganda
against the movement, and as this,
is as much an editorial as a news
story, we may be pardoned for say
ing that enemies of the movement
have been none too scrupulous in
their statements and have endeavor
ed to make votes against division by
any means possible. The Herald
wants to see DeSoto county divided
according to the plan outlined by
the division campaign committee,
whereby four new counties would be
created. The Herald believes-it
knows-that division Is right-and
there can be nothing buts strife in
DeSoto county so long as il remains
as at present; and it knows that her
people cannot enjoy the happiness
and prosperity to which they are en-
titled until they are granted the
right to live their lives and shape
their destiny according to their own
wishes and judgment.
Il is conceded that there are some
people outside the county seat who
are conscientous!y opposed to county
division. We believe that these few
people are opposed to division be
cause they have not been given the
opportunity to intelligently consider
the matter from beth sides. Let US
stop for a. moment and consider this
question from every angle, weighing |
carefully arguments for and against |
the plan for ftve-county division:
In the frst place, there are four
sections of DeSoto county in which
the majority of the voters and tax
payers want counties of their own.
Some of these sections have for years
been fighting for county division.
They have been mainly opposed by
politicians, few large self
sh interests and an abstraCting con
Germ, as well as by majority OF the
voters of the eastern half of the
The latter felt that division
as outlined heretofore, dividing the
county into three east and west sec
tons, would work an ultimate hard
ship on the eastern half of the cOun-
ty in future years. Their position
was well taken, for with the county
divided into three east and west
when the eastern half had
and developed sufficiently
% support one or two counties OF its
own, it would have had three coun-
les to fight instead of one to obtain
he privilege OF self-government and
he right to be the arbiter of its own
iestinies.
Proposed Division Would Settle
Question Forever.
The five-county plan, for which the
are now fighting, will set
lie county division agitation for
many years to come, if not forever
'unta Cord Section Amply Able :
to Support County.
Punta Gorda is one of the oldest
ettlements in DeSoto county and has
,een one of the heaviest contributors c
o the support of the present county S
overnment. There is not the slight /
st doubt that Punta Gorda and the /
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-06-03

at home with home people and con-
tribute to the home wealt the mon
ey that would be paid for taxes would
be kept at home and used for up
building and improvement for the
people who paid the taxes. The peo-
across the bay, at Murdock, Harbor-
view, Charlotte HarbOr, Mccall, Pla-
cida. Gasparilla and other settle
ments have been as completely iso-
lated as ifothey lived on a desert is
land. They have paid their share of
taxes, but being without representa-
tion they have been sadly neglected
when the time came for the division
of funds, and it is the same with
practically every other section of the
lower end of the County--and 1t will
continue thus until the county is di-
vided and gang rule ended.
Let us briefly consider the pros
poets for success of the two proposed
eastern counties. The eastern half
of the county has developed to such
an extent that If the two counties
are created there Is not the slightest
doubt that they can take care OF
themselves.
Wonderful Development in the
Highlands.
Recent development in the Scenic
Highlands. in the north eastern part
of the county, has been truly won
derful. Thousands of acres of the
very best citrus lands in the state
have been and are being planted in
groves, creating taxable values where
prior to these wonderful projects the
land was assessed as low as 50 per
acre At the present time in the
country surrounding Avon Park
there are 4,834 acres of groves.
Part of this is old grove, part of it
young and part of it just planted.
Estimating the value of these groves
at $1,000 an acre (average) and as
1t is found that in the immediate vic
Unity of Avon Park there is $2,417,-
600 worth of assessable orange grove
property. At the present rate of mill
age these groves alcne would pay
$169,190 annually in taxes within
the next four years.
The beautiful town of Sebring,
with nearly 5000 acres of splendid |
citrus groves in and tributary to the
town, with her large tourist hotel, |
Lodge; her golf course
and her wonderful lake drive, will |
bring the assessed values of the pro- |
posed Highlands county. aside from
he Avon Park grove interests, up to |
millions of more dollars. Now add |
% this the assessed values Of all |
other parts or the proposed High
ands county, including all proper
les exclusive of citrus groves, among
which are the railroads and public
Utilities companies, and it would be
lard to even give an accurate esti-
nate of the amount of money this
lew county would derive from taxa
ion.
Could this section take care of it.
elf? There can be no doubt about
t.
iOOre Haven Able to Care for
Herself. |
The same condition exists in the
lew county proposed for Moore Ha-
en-, although along different lines.
he drainage of the Everglades has
iven that section of the county
thousands of acres of the richest
arming and trucking land in the
'orld. Land that in former years
yas assessed at from 25 cents to
1.25 an acre now has a real value |
CONTINUED on third page) l
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-06-03

Palatka has been definitely de-
cided upon as the location for large
sugar mill whose cost is estimated to
be $2,OOO,0O0. $4,000 acres have
been pledged to be planted in cane.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-06-03

Every obstacle in the way Of
realizing the long cherished plan to
reclaim a large waterfront for Kis-
simmee is being rapidly overcome
and each day sees the bulk head
work nearer its successful compile
ton.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-06-03

The work Of dipping cattle in Gads-
den county is being carried forward
Systematically. Though the dipping
has been carried on less than
month 90 per cent of the cattle have
been dipped and 95 per cent have
been ticG free.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-06-03
POPULATION

The 1915 census gave
Punta Gorda a population
of 1,772. 1t has grown
steadily since then and
the present population Is
estimated at 1000.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-06-03
IMPROVEMENTS

Punta Gorda has more
improvements than any
other Florida town of its
size. Paved streets, side
walks, sewerage, electric
lights, waterworks, etc.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1920-02-18

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Oklahoma City has u Of the most
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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1920-02-18
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TO ALWAYS Be ISSUE

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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1920-02-18

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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1920-02-18

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