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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-05-24
THE LUNING PLAN.

j Great interest is being manifested
| throughout the state in the recent
statement made by Treasurer Luning
i as to Florida's bonded Indebtedness
/ The Journal has carried several edi-
/ torial mentions Of this, but for those
j who have missed them, and are un-
/ familiar with the plan, the following
/ from Mr.. Luning's report is published
During the eight years the present
treasurer has held office, there has been
| paid into the general revenue fund
from interest on deposit OF state funds
in banks, si9i2f7.6f, an average OF
s23,902.O8 annually During the year
1919 these receipts amounted to s32.
6S9.4f. an increase of 81, 1864 over the
preceding year. A similar increase in
1920 will put the receipts for the year
| over $4,000, and, unless there is a
radical change in the financial opera
lions Of the state, it is reasonable to
assume that this will approximate an
average for the income from this source
for some years 10 come, if indeed it
does not esta/ sh minimum mark,
which is by no means improbable.
In my judgment, no better. use could
be made of the income from this
source than to set it aside as sinking
fund for the retirement OF the Florida
state refunding bonds now held by the
educational funds. At the present time.
it would be easy to invest fund in
bonds of Florida counties, municipali-
ties or school sub districts, yielding
net return of 5 to 6 per cent per an
mum, payable semi-annually. There
is no reason TO assume that for num-
Der of years TO come there will be any
difficulty in finding investments OF at
least per cent of this character. Forty
thousand dollars a year invested in
this sinking fund, with interest ct )
per cent per annum compounded semi
annually, would accumulate fund
sufficient to pay off the entire bonded
indebtedness of s60i ,567 in eleven years
time OF this amount, s4i9S7S.50 would
represent the principal invested, and
the remainder, si51 ,68S.4i, would repre-
sent interest accumulations. In other
words, the bonded indebtedness could
be retired in: eleven years time by the
judicious Investment of less than Is
per cent of the principal of these bonds
not one dollar of which would be de-
rived from direct taxation, but all ac-
cruing from the interest on deposit of
moneys already collected. In addition
to this, there would result saving
to the general revenue fund Of sfS,0i7
a year in interest paid on the refund
ing bonds, and the educational funds
could easily realize at least 2 per cent !
per annum more than they receive from |
The refunding bonds; total saving to
the state in its several funds of at
east $4,000 each year, after the bonds /
we're once redeemed"
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-05-24
SENIORS GIVEN
WELCOME PARTY

The Alumni Association welcomed
the seniors of the High school into its
fold Saturday night with a banquet
and informal dance, Miss Mary Schoren-
hurst presiding. At the banquet table
plates were laid for IS. including the
entire graduating class, Miss Waite,
William Tyler and j. w. Collier. of the
faculty, and members of the associa-
ton.
Table decorations were water lilies,
with hand-painted water-1ily place
cards.
Miss Florida Waite made the well
come address to the graduating class,
inviting them to join with the associa-
ton in making the High school a big
ger and better institution. Response
for the class was made by Arthur
Bowman.
A toast to the Alumni association
was made by Prof William Tyler and
following the toast Prof. Collier.made
a short talk to the association and
guests.
The program closed with toast to
the High school class of 1920. Glass
yells and songs were given and infor-
NAL dancing prevailed for the remain
der of the evening. The menu was.
Celery and olives
Grapefruit cocktail
Tomato boullion
Chicken a la king, with finger toast
Asparagus tip salad
Fresh strawberry sundae
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-05-24
INEVITABLE NOTORIETY.

Escambia county is getting a goo6
deal of unenviable notoriety, because
OF the .reactionary tendency of some
politicians and farmers in this section
of the state in relation towards cattle
dipping. The Tampa Times says:
The reactionaries, like the poor
are always with us. They stand firm
ly opposed to every step of human
progress. They mourn for the good
old days. when government took nc
further interest in the people it gov
erned, except to see that they paid a
modicum of taxes with regularity
Further than that it took very little
interest in their. welfare They might
live or die. survive or perish, educate
their children or let them grow up in
ignorance, ride over good roads or
wallow through seas of sand as they
preferred. Anything to keep taxes
down.
But times have changed. The peo-
pie have seen the advantages of good
roads, the necessity of educating their
children, and they have been willing
to pay the price. But the reactionary
never changes. AS he was half cen
fury ago. he is today. opposing every
move of modern progress. He opposed
good roads. eradication of the tick. COM
pulsory education, and even prohibit
ton. and now he is asking the supreme
court to declare the law creating the
Live Stock Sanitary Board lpeonstitu-
tional, SO that the board may be put
out OF existence, and its good work for
the state stopped altogether. We do
not know what view the court may
take Of this question: there may be
found some technically that will JUS
tify declaring it unconstitutional but
if there is. we venture the prediction
that the next meeting of the legisla-
ture will be called upon t. rectify the
error and pass a live stock law that
shall be unassessable.
1t is unthinkabia to suppose that
the state will be left without any pro-
lection against the blood sucking tick
which places CUR cattle in the lowest
grade and makes their movement to
the markets impossible, or against
tuberculosis in cows with its perils to
human beings, or against the cholera
which annually decimates our herds
Of swine. The reactionary may pre-
vail for time. but he must fail in
the end. If he continues to stand in
the road of progress, the wheels will
crush him.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-05-24
NEGRO DROWNED.
in BAYOU CHICO
ERNEST DAVIS LOSES LIFE WHILE
SWIMMING NEAR OLD MILL;
BODY NOT RECOVERED.

| ernest Davis, negro employe at the
navy yard was drowned yesterday al :
{ternoon while in bathing near the
mouth or Bayou Chico, just across from
Ola Mill. The body had not been re-
covered late last night.
| DAVIS, in company with H. Simons,
nau peen playing around in swallow
water when he started off the sand
tbar on which they were standing.
Neither of the boys could swim very
Well and Simmons called to Davis to
return. He started to return but lost
ms footing and began struggling.
summons called for help and sailors
from the steamer Beaumont came to
the rescue, but Davis came up only
once and then sank 8 ally.
N. Munsey, the wh..e man who went
to the aid of the boy, was along the
shallow water grabbing with n. Stefos,
and f. Ness. The latter two men were
from the Beaumont.
according to the witnesses the ne
gro probably stepped into the dredged
channel and becoming frightened when
he found he was in deep water, lost
his head. The sailors were close by
and We're at the spot where the boy
sank in very short time but Davis
had sunk to stay. It is said that the
tide was running in and forms steady
stream at that point and this probably
carried the body further into Bayou
Chico -.:-.......tt.
All the men present went to the po-
lice station and reported the affair
there, giving the details of the story.
Judge Will Johnson was notified and
VIII hold an inquest today SHOULD the
body be found. .....,.-......
Davis had been working at the navy
yard IN the power house. He has been
there for about a year and is known
as an unusually intelligent helper. He
was Wen educated and was working at
the yard, saving his money to go fur
ther IN school, He lived with his
mother at LaRua and C streets.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-05-24
ORANGE COUNTY
SHOWS THE WAY
Tampa Tribune. J


Orange county is one of the progress
sive counties of Florida. 1t never sits
back waiting to see how much the
rest of the state can be made to chip in
on the cost of anything big it needs
1t has bonded and built good roads,
miles and miles of them. It's taxpayers
have just held greta meeting and de-
manded of the county commissioners
that they call an election for bonding
the county for another million and a
half dollars for a specified road pro-
gram. The tax payers. mind you :.
Evidently Orange county has not much
hope of deriving benefit from a twenty
or thirty million bonding scheme for
the whole state. and is going right on
building its own roads, according to
a plan which will work well into any
state road plan to be carried out later !:
Orlando, the county seat of Orange
county, is a great tourist and citrus
center. 1t needs easy, short, and good
roads to all principal parts of the state
50 far as the county itself is concern
ed( it has pretty fair road system.
an excellent one, we would call it. The
outlet to the love- east coast from Or
lando is via Sanford. Daytona and.
thence down the coast. TitusvilIe is
due east of Orlando, some thirtsfiye
miles. To get to Titusville now re-
quires something like 1876 miles, via the
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-05-24

places named above. Orange county
taxpayers demand the elimination Of
100 miles Of that trip by building d.
rect scros sto the Breyard county line,
where that county will take up the
work and complete the road to Titus
vile.
Orange county is showing some other
counties the way to get roads. No one
doubts that Orange county will be
most benefited by that road, or by
other roads builded and to be built.
Why, then, should Orange county sit
down and wait and expect the coun-
ties around Pensacola or Jacksonville
or Fort Myers, to chip in and build its
roads for it?
Let the counties continue their
road building They We're well awake
to the importance OF it, and to their
duty: they were building in content
edness until some one came along with
a big scheme to have it all done at
one time, and at figure that made
the figurers out of the scheme drunk
with their own findings.
Florida is the leader in road build
ing in the entire South. 1t is getting
federal aid for every dollar it puts in
itself Let the counties get down to
the truth, that they will benefit the
most, and therefore, should be the prime
movers an dthe chief paymasters of the
program.
There will be enough for the state
to do, as state, in taking care Of these
reads. in maintaining them. and in
adding to them from time to time as
surplus fund accumulates from Vie
automobile, gasoline and other taxes
that come in.
Then, if it is seen some Of the coun-
ties are not building fast enough to
make useful the roads other counties
are building, let the state take a hand
and build through those hesitant coun-
ties and tax them for the cost. less a
small statewide tax which will be
added.
Why should Orange and Polk and
Lake and Hillsborough. or any other
county which has built, or is building
its roads be called on after the COM
pletion of this task, to build the roads
for other counties which have not
budged an inch toward advancement?
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-05-24
.RU1H'S HOMER
CLEARS STAND
YANKEES BEAT ST. UIS-
CovELESkiE LOSES SECOND
WASHINGTON BEATS CHICAGO.

New York. May 23.Ruth's sixth
home-run of the season scoring! Pipp
ahead of him, ena bled New York to
defeat ST. Louis here today, 8 to 2
His drive went. over the top of the
right field stand. Jacobson's homer
into the left field stand, with Will
liams on base, accounted for the Wis
itor's runs. Hawkey outpitched Well
man. Score: ..
ST. Louis =. -. 900 200 000-2 2
New York -. 900 102 0ox-3 1
ST. Louis, Weilmans and Billings;
New York, Shawkey and Hannah.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-05-24
An Unlearned Lesson

The U. S. government is spending
hundreds of millions of dollars an
nually in the construction Of. war
ships that will be strapped as obso-
lete almost as soon as they are COM
pleted One lesson from the war that
was to end war doesn't appear to have
been well learned.-Orlando Reporter
Star
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-05-24
'Rah for Tom

'Rah Tor Tom
New York democrats are going to
support a real democrat for president
Tom Marshall, of Indiana. There
are 5O,OOOOOO democrats in the United
States and they are entitled to a bet
fer candidate than the culls that are
announcing themselves. With Tom
Marshall the democracy has better
than fighting chance,-Titusville
Star Advocate.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-05-24
ATHLETICS, 2; INDIANS, /

Cleevland, May 23.Philadelphia de-
feated Cleveland, 2 to 1, today, win
ming in the eighth inning when it
punched two hits with an error by
Wambsganes. ~ s
Philadelphia -. 900 900 o2O-2 10 0
Cleveland -. 100 900 00O-1 2
j. Philadelphia, .Hartin and Perkins;
Cleveland, Coveleskie and O'Neill.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-05-24
Florida Getting Into the Game

Palatka announces a sugar factory.
for the near future. Dade county is
making rapid preparations for big
sugar central. Moore Haven already
has a sugar factory and one is being
planned for the Rita section and an
other in Brevard county and so the
story goes, on and up.-Jacksonville
Times Union.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-05-24
Press Comment
Not Meaning Anybody in Particular

We have all seen frogs in time Of
a heavy rain jump into pond to keep
from getting wet, but this fact has
positively no reference to the retire
ment of John w. Watson from the
race-The Floridian.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-05-24
Big Crop, Better Prices

Two thousand. four hundred CARROTS
of apples were shipped from-Plant
City? No, from Spokane, Washington.
This is about double what was orig
inally expectd from that district. The
complete carlot report from the Pa
cific northwest is 1858. A deal has
been closed for the 1920 apple crop at
prices well in advance of that paid for
the 1919 crop.-Plant City Courier.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-05-24

Now they say that Bryan doesn't
want to be president, but just wants
to pick the winner. Well, say what
you please he's mighty good picker.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-05-24
SENATORS, 8; WHITE sox, 4

Washington, May Washington
won from Chicago, 3 to 1, by punching
hits off Cicotte early in the game
Erickson was effective with the ex-
ception of one innings. Score:
Chicago -. $40. 600 900 010-l 2
Washington ...012 900 00x-3 o
Chicago, Cicotte, Kerr and Schalk
Washington, Erickson and Charity.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-05-24
Ask Mitch. Palmer

All Washington seems to be power
less to stop or even check. the profit
teers. It's the rankest foolishness to
expect any relief from that source.
Every time an investigation is made
conditions grow more alarming
Baker County Standard.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-05-24

The Bureau of War Risk Insurance
has settled 127,151 claims for death and
total disability, representing a total
value of s1,135,552 ,173. 5
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-05-24

The profiteers are costly luxuries: Il
you don't indict EN-, they pick the
pockets of the people, and If you do
indict EN-, they pick the pockets of the
government.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-05-24

Spirit knockings are bad enough, but
even the ouija board cranks are not
as bad as the Pensacola cranks who
knock just for the JOY Of the noise it
makes.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-05-24

Some of the political picture gall
leries in the state papers remind us
of the crayon portraits, once so popu-
lar: good likenesses. perhaps, but not
good lockers.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-05-24

Now that the eastern roads can't get
even in any other way, they are hold
ing up the freight cars. Which is
worse, tie-up through a strike, or a
tie-up by pirates?
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-05-24

One of the most trying moments in
life is to look for the perfectly good
paragraph you wrote about your faE-
orite adversary, and find that it has
been killed in action.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-05-24

There is a certain publication which
comes to our desk, that reads like a
good joke book and another that reads
like a good Sunday School paper. lsut
we aren't naming any names and don't
all speak at once.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-05-24

The announcement that the peak of
high prices has been reached furnishes
hardly any comfort to any but noun
tain climbers, who are generally in
the idle rich class.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-05-24

Sooner than buy our sugar from
Germany we'd use long sweet-nin', any
time and every time Germany can't
throw us any sweet sups; not as long
as we remember Flanders Field.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-05-24

The Miami Real Estate Journa, is a
live booster for FLORIDA, and il the first
Issue is a sample of what may be ex-
pected in the future, Florida has add
ed to it's publications one of much
value in state development.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-05-24

Now that so many people are own
ing their own homes the landlords in
New York are talking about reducing
rents. Let us hope that the home
owners will do less talking and more
owning.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-05-24

What we are trying to figure out is
the difference in West Floridians vot-
ing for taxing the state for the cure of
the citrus canker, and South Florida
voting for taxing the state to help
West Florida in it's development.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-05-24

1t has been estimated. that the Eng
lish language possesses $4,000 more
words than the French, German and
Spanish languages combined. But at
the rate congress is going, most of
those words must have been used up,
long ago.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-05-24

Now that Congress has about decid
ed upon ninety day recess, commenc-
ing June 18th, we may get a chance
TO get some public matters taken care
of, as soon as they are packed out of
the way.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-05-24

Prices have gone to smash in Omaha,
and they are smashing in Pensacola
you can hear some of 'em cracking
every time you stop to listen at the
broadside that comes from the federal
building.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1920-05-14
EIGHTH GRADE EXAMS.
IN SHERIDAN COUNTY

Eighth grade examinations
will be held May 81 and % at
Westby, Antelope, Coalridge,
Dooley, Plentywood, Flaxville,
Madoc and Whitehall. Schedule
of examinations Is as follows:
May 81: 900, Civics; 1915,
recess; 1920, History; 1900,
Intermission; 1:3O, Grammar;
800, Recess; 3:15, Reading;
4:15, Close.
May 28-9:OO, Arithmetic;
l1:00, Recess; 11:15, Spelling;
1900, 1ntermission; 100, Ply
siology, Agriculture; 2::3O, Geo
graphy; 400, Close.
Teachers examinations will
be held June 3, 4, and 5, at Plen-
tywood and Scobey.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1920-05-14

have some hearty laughs at your
expense reading your bunk. Oh !!
yes you perhaps can peddle that
dope around the Pioneer Press
building but now and then it
runs into a snag.
Of course, those who know
you are not surprised at you at
all.
I am writing this to let you
know and a few others who are
in your class, know that there
are some who You can't peddle
that stuff to and get by without
a word.
Here a couple of issues back
in the Pioneer Press you were
wailing that the N. p. l.. would
not give the farmers seed grain
if they wanted it.
suppose if you needed it the
Pioneer Press gang would be
tickled to death for the oppor-
tunity to give it to you for the
good services you have: rendered
to their cause. But don't fool
yourself, know farmers who
have been" subscribers to- the
Press for years and they need
seed but the Press gang hasn't
came to their rescue yet 60
: Oh, no, they wouldn't recog-
nize you if they met you in a
strange town. They'd laugh
and say: There goes the boob
who writes the communication
articles for the Pioneer Press"
bet they are glad that they
have found one honest-to-good-
ness rube who they can tell all
kinds of rot to and he writes it
and has it published for the
truth. That word truth isn't
in your dictionary.
Fred, a good name is rather
to be chosen than great riches.
Smile and the world smiles
with you; knock and you knock
alone, but a cheerful grin will
let you in where the knocker is
never known.
MRS. LARSON,
Unorganized Farmers Wife.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1920-05-14
SUGAR HOARDERS
IN ST. PAUL

Six thousand barrels of sugar
are said to be boarded in one
warehouse in St. Paul, this sup
ply having been observed two
or three days before the price
was raised to 40 cents per
pound. Whether the large re-
serves of sugar being reported
in different parts of the coun-
try are being boarded by job
bers who wish to run the price
up indefinitely as the fruit cam
ming season approaches, OF
whether the discoveries are iso-
lated the public has not yet
learned.
Apparently there is IL con-
ceIted effort on the part OF in
terests that control the sugar
or interests that control the
vast volume Of prepared, fruits
made ready for wal use to
bring about vast purchasing of
sugar at profteer prices, OF in
lieu Of this to compel house
holds to buy the high priced
reserves Of canned fruits left
over from war supplies. With
the war ended suddenly j.. there
were large stocks of fruits left
on hand, and these must be
worked off onto the public. Run
ming the price of sugar up to a
plohibitive point will tend to
cause people to refrain i, from
home canning and buy the sur
plus fruit reserves, OF if they
persist in home canning, the
same profits can be made thru
the sale of sugar at exorbitant
prices.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1920-05-14

Today is the last day Of school
for this ye;lr. Most of the
teachers are preparing to leave
for their homes, and the Riddles
are making preparation for
three months of continuous
pleasure.
Many new faces will be seen.
in the faculty lineup up the next
term of school as several of the.
present teachers have not signed
up for the coming year.
Prof. f. M. Hauge will have
charge of the City schools next
season, continuing in his pres
ent capacity, having been most
satisfactory to all concerned.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1920-05-14
-SHERlFFS SALE

-SHERlFF"S SALE
In the District Court of the Twen-
tieth Judicial District of the State of
Montana. In and For the County Of
Sheridan.
john W. Shelby: ,Pigtqtiff,
Signs Clark formerly Signe Peter
son, Allen r. Clark, and Byron S.
Peterson, Defendants.
TO BE SOLD AT SHERIFF"S
SALE, on the 5th day of June, 1870,
ut the hour of 2 o'clock P. n. of
said day, at the front door of the
Courthouse, in Plentywood, Sheridan
County, Montana, to the highest and
best bidder for cash, the, following
real estate, locate and stu
ate in Sheridan County, Montana:
The South Half of the Southeast
Quarter ISL SEA) and the East
Half of the Southwest Quarter (El1
,SWh), of Section Thirteen (l3) in
Township thirty-six Twp. 36) North
of Range Fifty-five (Rge. 55) East Of
the Montana Meridian.
" Dated this 18th day of May 4. D.
1880.
JACK BENNETT.
rSheriff of Sheridan County, Mont.
~ BY H. F. FEETHAM,
ST Deputy Sheriff.