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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-03-30
TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY

LOST--Bctwutn Pearl street and Sanguinetti
block sum Of money in envelope r. LAWN.
employed by Parry & Jones Co. suitable
reward. 1879
WANTED-Woman Tor general housevurk
in family of four adults near Main
street; no washing. good wages: apply 20
s. care Times Office lSt5
WANTED Board and room for man and
school boy address x" care Times. 1873
REQ FIVE-PASSENGER TOURING CAR
for sale also 2-year-old Morgan colt in
auire at $50 North Main street lstl2'
LOST between Hotel Barre and Tildcn's
store. black Kid glove for right hand: re-
ward IL returned to Times Office 1879
FOUND Mar. p betWeen Barre and South
Barre. Eentleruan's watch call IN Emery
Landry. South Rarrp, prove and Jay tharges.
WANTED or woman 20 30 homework
On q farm: Mrs y. u. Miggin, Granite
viiis; y. +. tel sss-2- lstS
WANTED About April 5. a hoascnaid /:
Mrs.. william Barclay. 3 Patterson ktregf,
Barre lsn
DANCING LESSONS = Ballrocra. 1riyaar
rhildrens class Wclnesday and Safur-
DAY: tel. ise-ii CT call l72 No. Main ttrc-t-
BLACK MARE FOR SALE ITS: rood
driver o. wcrz horse inquire q r. W.
weAIfiatr- Waiwfeid Vt Ist2s
WANTED "a experienced autornobile NE
cbarirs ~ crcc cuc1 saisry and rerua-
n.nt r.-siricn - the rirht men Apply ~
Palace GarsVe Barre. Vt 1877
FOR SALE Fsrrns houses. los. wills.
horscs- harnczscs. uaEons. oulntsrs. Thos-
rrses rar Light. sau~ tahles- gus rnrines
80 furuiture- r. G. Git1htl. lu7 STATE
street. Montgsli-r. A'
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-03-30
A worthwhile lob.

A pessimist and an optimist were
discussing life from their different
viewpoints. II really believe, said the
former. that | could make a better
world myselfT
aSuret" returned the optimist;
that's what We are here Tor. Now let
M rpt 20 work and do it---Boston
Ir4nscrlUL
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-03-30
FAILED TO VISIT TRAPS.
Bert Preston of Ferrisburg Was Fined
$50 with Costs.

Middlebury. March 80. Bert Preston
of FerTisburg, who was arrested in
that town Friday by Special Fish and
Game Warden Herbert Booth, for not
visiting his traps as provided by law,
which requires a person TO visit his
traps every "a hours, was before Judge
Albert W. Dickens yesterday. He
pleaded guilty and was fined $40 and
costs of Ss.25, which he paid. The evil
dence showed that Preston had not Wis
tied his traps for a week.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-03-30
Made Him Doubt His Judgment.

Friend-What makes you think the
new singer won't do? You said her
voice was good.
Manage | did think so at
first, but I'm little doubtful about
it now--none of the other singers are
jealous of her.-Boston Transcript.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-03-30
GR4NITEVHLE

Grand Easter ball in gymnasium
hall Monday, April ). under the aus
piees of Mystic circle. No 9s5, F. Of A
Music will be furnished by Gilbert
sons orchestra of four pieces. Dane.
ing from till 3 Refreshments served
Admission. 81 per couple.-adv.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-03-30
WEBSTERVILLE

The Baptist women's missionary cir
Gle will meet with Mrs. James Cum
mings Wednesday afternoon at 2
o'clock. This is the annual meeting
and every member is asked ITO be pres
ent.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-03-30
BARRE DAILY TIMES
TUESDAY, MARCH 30, 1920.
The Weather

Generally cloudy tonight and
Wednesday, probably local rain or
snow in interior; moderate winds,
mostly west and southwest.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-03-30
EAST BARRE

Regular Getting of
Wuchoscn tribe. No. ~.
T. .. r. NJ on Tuesday
evening a. : O'Clock A
good attendance q mem
bers J. requested Prac-
tirc II adoption degree
szter Lhe neetLnZ
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-10-07
Recoil of the Pendulum.

1t is evident that the high cost
pendulum is in the recoil. Following
closely upon the price reduction an
nouncement of the Ford Motor Comp
any has come an announcement from
New Hampshire that the price of
manufactured cotton goods is to be
cut one-third. From Chicago, where
the Retail Clothiers' Association of
America is holding it's annual con-
vention, comes the promise that the
price of mems clothing is to be cut
at least one-third by spring. Contin-
ued refusal of the public to buy at
excessive prices is responsible for the
impending drop, according to deal
ers. 1t is stated that manufacturers
are finding themselves with steadi-
ly increasing surplus, not because
the public could not make use of the
availa BILE stocks, but because the pub
lie would not pay the high prices de-
manded.
Thus, the public itself appears to
be winning the war against high
prices by nothing more than a resort
to the irreyocable law of supply and
demand. The fever of profteering
may have prompted price-makers to
attempt an evasion of that law, and
they may have succeeded in a meas
ule for a while, but time is tending
to knock out the artificial props and
is forcing the law back into opera
tion.-St. Louis Star.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-10-07
We Cannot Stand Still and Must Go
Forward or Backward. Which
Way Shall it Be-?

|, The question in the above caption
is one that confronts the people o.
Punta Gorda today and must be an
swered by them one way or another
in the very near future.
True, we are making seine prog
ress and it is admitted on all sides
that the prospect for growth i;
brighter now than at any time in
our history. Our people are general.
ly optimistic as to the towns future
Optimism goes long way in town.
building, BUT A HOPEFUL STATE
OF MIND WILL NOT BRING Us
GROWTH AND PROSPERITY IF
WE OVERLOOK AND FAIL TO
MAKE THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT
GO TO MAKE A TOWN MODERN,
ATTRACTIVE AND DESIRABLE
to those, who, because of our natural
advantages, would like to cast their
lot with us as permanent or winter
residents.
Punta Gorda has nearly every gift
a kind Creator could bestow and very
little was left for man to do to make
1t the most beautiful and attractive
place in Florida.
Ore of the things overlooked by
Nature when she was showering her
gifts upon us was PAVED STREETS
and a thorough system of drainage.
These things Punta GorGa MUST
HAVE and UNTIL WE GET THEM
WE NEED NOT EXPECT TO AT
TAIN TIL GROWTH AND PROSPER
ITY TO WHICH OUR NATURAL
ADVANTAGES ENTITLE US.
SOONER OR LATER we must
pave a considerable number of our
streets, for the needs of our own
people demand it. This fact stares
us in the face and cannot be WHITE
WASHED or CAMONFLAGED. To
delay making this improvement is to
DELAY AND RETARD OUR
GROWTH AN EQUAL NUMBER OF
WEEKS, MONTHS OR
YEARS-and eventually it will have
to be done.
We have electric lights, water
works, sewerage, more sidewalks
than any other Florida town of equal
size, and in other respects Punta
Gorda may be classed as modern
town-but we have just enough
paved streets TO EMPHASIZE
THEIR VALUE and the NEED FOR
MORE:
A few years ago Punta GoTda WAS
AHEAD of some of her larger and
Weather neighbours in the matter of
municipal improvements-BUT SHE
HAS FALLEN BEHIND IN THE
MATTER OF STREET IMPROVE
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-10-07

MENT. Streets that should have
been paved years ago, and where the
need for improvement is evident to
everyone, are overgrown by weeds
and grass, except in the middles. The
sight of these streets gives the visitor
the impression that we lack the pro-
gressive spirit that animates other
Florida seeking homes or place to
Gorda as a dead one", and as the
ajority of the people who come to
Florida seeking homes or place to
invest are believers in progress, they
are likely to give us Il hurried "once
over" and in disgust pass on to
another town where there is more evil
dence of progress.
Even if we did not need or want
share of the growth that other
towns are enjoying, the desire to i'm
prove our town to the extent of
having our streets paved wherever
needed for the health, convenience
and enjoyment of ourselves should
move us to make the improvement.
No matter when it is done-this
year, next year, ten years or twenty
years hence-paving is going to cost
money-but even at present prices
! it is worth many times the cost and
will pay big dividends not only in in
creased population, increased proper
ity values, but in health, comfort and
pleasure of our own people.
If we are ever to improve our
streets it would seem that this is the
psychological moment for it is GER
tain that this and coming winters will
bring greater crowds of homescekers
and investors than Florida has ever
seen in the past. These people are
going to choose as their homes or
places to invest their money the
LIVE, MODERN, UP-AND-DOING
TOWNS.
Many columns would be required
to give all the good reasons why we
need and must have street improve
ments. There is so much to say it is
hard to determine just what to say
and what not to say, but the situation
that confronts Punta Gorda today, as
we see it, may be summed up in a
few words:
We must decide whether we are 60
ing forward or backward, for we can
not stand still indefinitely. The mat
ter of street improvement, which is
vital to our growth and progress, has
hung fire too long already The
towns needs cry for IMMEDIATE
ACTION, and what is done or not
done in the very near future will
furnish the answer to the question,
ARE WE GOING TO GO BACK
WARD OR FORWARD?"
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-10-07
The Pronunciation Correct.

II do not know that | can pro-
nounce correctly the well-known slo-
gan of the Germans, Deutschland
uber Alles,'" said Mr.. Harding yes
terday. The reporters with Mr..
Harding fail to tell us whether the
candidate did pronounce the three
familiar words correctly. But from
the practical point of view there can
be no question that Mr.. Harding's
pronunciation was faultless when he
went on to say:
| beg to remaid my countrymen
that under the spirit of 40 years
practice in Germany under that slo-
gan, Germany became industrially the
most eminent, educationally the most
influential, progressively the most
notable, well known in the accom-
plishment of art, and most conspicu-
Gus in widened commerce of any peo-
pie in the world
1t may be a little hard for Mr..
James M. Beck to accept this glowing
eulogy of the German people. 1t
may be a little hard for other sup
porters of Mr.. Harding, who are for
Harding because Mr.. Wilson did not
recognize soon enough that the Ger
mans were Huns" But considering
the possible effect on the Germans
vote in November, Mr.. Harding's pro-
nouncement was very we'll pronounc-
ed indeed.-New York Post.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-10-07

Chauncey NJ. Depew, who remains
young in his eighty-seventh year, re-
tains his optimism and his faith in
the republic. Age has not soured
his genial nature or weakened his
confidence in America. Discussing
the situation in the United States, Mr..
Depew said:
There will be no panic and the
cost of living is coming down. The
country is on too sound a money
basis for panic. The cost of liv-
ing will come down-gradually. l
remember when the civil war closed.
That was in 1865, but the cost of
living did not get down to where it
belonged until 1878.
Mr.. Depew expresses the belief that
the labor situation is improving and
THAT better understanding between
capital and labor is being arrived at.
In short. he views the future with
supreme confidence and satisfaction.
This is the sort Of talk that will do
good. Those who view with alarm
and go about predicting calamity are
spreading fear which cannot fail to
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-10-07
Typical of South Florida.

Announcement of a new 212-room
modern plan hotel in Fort Myers, to
be ready in a year, is typical of that
town, which is typical of south Flori-
da.
There is hardly city. or town of
any pretensions in this great peninsu-
lar part of Florida, which is not
either building, or preparing to build,
one or more hotels, to say nothing of
the apartment house construction I'M
der way. Tampa is full of it. Lake
land, Orlando, Daytona. Palm Beach,
Miami, Okeechabee, Moore Haven,
Fort Myers, Leesburg, Punta Gorda,
Bradentown and other MaGatee
places, and Winter Haven, and many
other places around in the lake re-
gion of south Florida are building
for the present need and future de-
mand.
There is no more wonderful proof
of the advance of a section than that
of its hotel and housing activities
and accomplishments. We know a
section in south Florida where as
many as sixty houses are being erect
ed; there are localities in Tampa
where as many as twenty handsome
bungalow homes have been built tn
the last six months; so that the bust
ness of preparing for the Increase in
population Is forward moving all over
this section.
There are more good roads in
south Florida than is to DE found in
the whole of any four states next to
us. There is more money to be made
from a small truck farm or grove in
south Florida than in half a whole
section anywheres else in the United
States. There are twenty-seven phos-
plate mines, next door rcighbors"
to Lakeland alone; and there are
greater farm, live stock and poultry
opportunities in south Florida than
usually are advertised as pertaining
TO the greatest section of any other
state we know.
Getting back to Fort Myers, that
place seems destined to be the great
far south Florida metropolis. 1t will
be neck a and neck race some day to
see which expands to the center of
the peninsular first, Fort Myers or
Miami; ana when they do meet in
their spheres of influence, cant you
just see this south Florida section
blossom like rose Tampa Tribune
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-10-07
The Constitutional Road Tax.

The question is frequently asked
"Who would pay for the good roads,
if the amendment to the constitution
is passed and the State bonded for a
system of highways?" This is one of
the easiest questions to answer that
can be asked. No one would pay, be-
cause the roads would pay for them
selves.
Let us see. DR.. J. H. Alderman,
we'll known locally, travelled from
Jacksonville to Palatka, in Ford
car, a distance of ~ miles, and used
three gallons of gasoline. Figuring
the gasoline at 35 cents per gallon, it
cost the doctor s1.05 for gasoline
from Jacksonville to Palatka. From
Palatka to GAINESVILLE, a distance Of
but fifty miles, the same car with the
doctor still at the wheel, used three
and one-half gallons of gasoline. and
using the same figures the gasoline
from Palatka to GAINESVILLE cost the
doctor S1.2215.
Figuring down a little closer, but
eliminating the fraction. On the
brick road from Jacksonville to Pa
latka the doctor expended one and
three tenths cents per mile for gaso-
line, but on the plain ordinary road
from Palatka to GAINESVILLE the gaso-
line consumed cost him two and four
tenths cents per mile. Multiply the
figures by 1000 and you will see
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-10-07
STATE PRESS EDITORIALS

that if Doctor Alderman had continu,
ed for 1000 miles on a road like the
one between Jacksonville and Palat-
ka he would have expended 5000
for gasoline but if he had travelled
1000 miles on a road like the one
from Falatka to GAINESVILLE, 1t would
have cost him 5000 for gasoline.
Leave it to you, gentlemen. Pub
lie sentiment demands that if the
State is bonded the automobile own
ers pay off the debt. Will the auto
mobile owners have to pay anything
or will the roads pay for themselves?
Daily News
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-10-07


A state wide, connected system of
good roads in Florida will do the
railroads considerable harm, because
good roads mean more commercial
trucks and touring cars and more
trucks and more touring cars Elean
less freight and passengers for the
railroads to haul. The railroads,
through their we'll known organs and
henchmen, are making desperate
fight to defeat the proposed constitu-
tional amendment. These organs
and hencemen are appealing to the
prejudices and ignorance of the vot-
ers in every conceivable way and in
their frantic efforts to defeat the pro-
posed amendment seem to have bu,
little regard for the truth. II the
railroads ever did you a good turr
and you want to return the favor
now is your chance-votc against the
proposed amendment
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-10-07

At recent meeting of the Town
Council the council discussed the ad-
visibility of taking immediate action
/ upon a number of old petitions of
property owners asking for the i'm
provement of the streets upon which
their property abuts and it is under
stood that the council decided to so
ahead and make the Improvements
asked for. If the council takes ac-
ton on these petitions the property
owners will have the entire cost of
the improvements to pay. To our
mind, 1t is unfair to make property
owners pay the entire cost, for no
matter where the paving is located,
every citizen of the town is benefited
j by the improvement, and for the
council to take action upon these pc
titions, would, we believe, set a
precedent that would prove a hind
rance to securing improvements later
and in other portions of the town.
There are a number of streets that
should be improved besides those for
the improvement of which petitions
nave Deen Hleu, ana II the latter are
to be paved We believe that it would
be to the interest of every individual
concerned as well as the town as
whole to pave all the streets that
need to be paved and that have suf-
ficient improved property to pay the
cost without placing upon the pro
perty owners a too heavy burden
We would suggest that the council
determine what streets should be
paved, ascertain the cost of doing the
work, and then call an election to
: determine whether bonds should be
issued to pay one third of the cost
: letting all the assessable property pay
= its share of the cost of one third of
= the paving. If the people decide in
p favor of issuing bonds for this pur-
pose, precedent would be establish
5 ed and when other streets require
paving, bonds could be issued, if nee
essary, for the purpose. To our mind
this. method is the only practical and
e fair way to make such improvements.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-10-07

The Dem ocratic National Commit
tee has authorized the Herald to re-
ceive contributions to the Cox Roose-
welt popular campaign fund. The
committee depends upon the masses
of CoX-Roosevelt supporters to
finance the campaign for peace, prog
ress, prosperity. Loyal Democrats
are asked to send in their contribu-
lions TODAY. 1t will be acknowl-
edged in the Herald and will be for
warded Immediately to national head
quarters, where funds are sorely
needed for combating the millions
available to the opposition. Do you
believe in the people, instead of a
selfish few, running and financing
political campaigns? Then contri-
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-10-07

The newspapers If every town in
Florida that aspires to growth, point
out shortcomings as we'll as advan-
tages, well knowing that no move
ment for improvement ci.'t come as
long as the citizens are lulled to
sleep by the belief that no improve
ment is needed. -Starke Telegraph.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-10-07

butte as literally as you can-and
contribute NOW, for the treasury is
practically dry. A contribution that
will help the Democratic National
Committee inform others as you are
informed may double or treble your
influence on the issue of the cam
paign. Don't forget, YOUR contri-
button, large or small, is needed, and
it is needed NOW. Bring or send
your contribution to the Herald.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-10-07

A recent audit of the books of the
city of Arcadia, showed, according to
the DeSoto County News. that Arcad-
ia is headed toward financial ruin.
The audid showed deficit 1850
80 andNa state of chaos" in the city's
affairs. Had Arcadia been under the
mmission-manager form of govern
ment it is very likely that Arcadia
would not be in the condition in
which she now finds herself.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-10-07

A man who asked Senator Harding
a question at Baltimore was thrown
in Jail. Anyone who doesn't know
any more than to expect Senator
Harding to answer question de-
serves to be put nj jail.-Pittsburgh
Sun
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-10-07

In another part of this issue We
are reproducing for the second time
an editorial from the st. Augustine
Record. 1t is a review of the work
ing of the city manager plan of gov
eminent in St. Augustine and gives
very clear idea of just what this
plan is and what may be expected if
1t is adopted by Punta Gorda. Read
the Record editorial
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-10-07
ADVERTISING RATES

Set 80 cents per single column inch
to 33 additional
line Casnd advertising
Using n before
II
than mentions resolutions
charged
behalf Of special
prises pur adv will be charged for
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PRESS EDITORIALS

be influential in retarding the coun-
try in reaching normal conditions.
Optimists of the Depew type are
needed. Washington Post.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-02-10
PLAN CARD r

SEWAREN, Feb. AT a recent
meeting of tho History Club held at
the home OF Mrs. Charles Coil, in
West avenue, it was decided to hold
a card party at the homo of Miss
Daisy Rush on Tuesday afternoon.
February IT. The committee in
charge to consist of Miss Rush Mrs.
It. B. Zettlemoyer, Mrs. L.. H.
Brown, Mrs. F. II. Howell and Mrs.
c. A. de Russy.
The invitation to the luncheon Of
the Woman's Branch of the New Jer-
sey Historical Society was read; also
a communication from the chairman
OF literature In the State Federation,
In regard to the short story contest
and original poems on What Amer
lea Means to Me-" to be written by
the club members. full particulars
concerning same may be secured from
Mrs. f. G.. Tisdall.
The garments recently sent to the
American Society for Hungarian re-
lief, were reported as having been
worth $500, and that amount will be
credited to the Society's report on
phi anthropic work. An article was
read on 1.-The Standard of American
ism" by Meredith Nicholson. as trtb-
ute to Abraham Lincoln.
The next regular meeting day falls
upon Ash Wednesday II the meet
tng will he CSnitted,
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-02-10
Trying is kmo1yiMg

We can tell you a lot of interesting
facts about the LORD SALISBURY Turkish cigarette.
We can tell you the tobacco is the tenderest and finest
type of Turkish; that the paper around it is of purest
French quality; that the cigarette is made in the
cleanest factory in the world.
But what of that? You can't know
the cigarette until you Try it. All this information is
useless unless you test LORD SALISBURY for yourself.
Your taste is the infallib1e guide-the
only one. 1t telegraphs your brain either approval or
disapproval. But you've got to give it a chance to
operate. There's only one way. Try LORD SALISBURY.
LORD SALISBURY is packed in an Inexpensive machine
made paper package instead of a cardboard box.
YOU CAN'T SMOKE BOX. WHY BUY IT.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-02-10
DON'T NEGLECT THE LITTLE ONES.

A snuffing. sneezing, coughing child
certainly Is a reflection upon the par
ents. To permit q child to suffer from
a cold is more than negligence; 1t Is
cruel. A cold that hangs on weakons
the system. and can easily turn into
something serious. Mrs. ]. $. Pitson,
s76 f.. 1853 ST.. Cleveland, Ohio, writes:
"I can't speak too highly of Foley's
Honey and Tar. When by little girl
has a cold I give her Foley's Honey and
Tar and that stops her coughing in a
little while" Children like 1t. it con-
BARNEKoV g. PETE.