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The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1922-01-20
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FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD
PREDICTS BETTER TIMES
There Will be No Business Boom Brst
Gradual and Substantial
Improvement

The most encouraging feature of
the business situation at til opening
of the new year is that positive
foundation has apparently yN.een es-
tablished upon which to build bank
ing and business development during
1922, the federal reserve board de-
Iclares in its monthly bulletin for
January
Policies to be pursued during 1922,
the board asserted, should therefore
conservative" and will probably show
the results of this constructive quail
Iity in the form of proper enlargement
of banking accommodations, greater
ease and liberality in the money mar
ket and better prospects of business
and economic developments.
The progress of business recovery
during the past year was declared to
have been exceptionally uneven" but
"in those lines of industry which sup
ply the immediate needs of the gener-
AL public very satisfactory demand
has been experienced and productive
|activity has steadily grown.
'It continues to be true, however,"
the board continued, that no COM
plete or general recovery of domestic
business will be possible save through
the rectfication of foreign condition.,
The economic outlook in the leading
European countries at the opening of
1922, however, is evidently better ex-
cept in one principal element than it
was six months ago."
This element, the board explained,
was the failure of Germany to fulfill
the reparations agreement
aside from the menacing develop
ments in Germany" the board con-
tinued, ''and the maladjustment in
prices and exchange which is general
ly conceded to be closely related to
the terms of the reparations agree
ment, economic conditions show i'm
provement over the state of things six
months ago. The improvement is
due to an actual revival in the de-
mand for goods and has occurred in
the face of very serious credit and
currency conditions"
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1922-01-20

AT its last meeting the Punta Cor.
da Commercial Club adopted a reso-
luton commencing every action sc
far taken by the Charlotte county
commissioners looking to the i'm.
provement of the Tamiami trail and
calling upon the commissioners to
determine the cost of the contemplate
ed work and Immediately call an
election, an being the only means
whereby the will of a majority of the
people may be ascertained.
Following is the resolution. which
was passed with one dissenting vote
Whereas, the Punta Gorda Com
imercial Club recognizes the vital i'm
portance to Punta Gorda and Char.
lotte county of State Road Number
Five otherwise known as the Tami,
ami traiD and having spent much
time and money and effort during the
past two years to secure the desiana.
ton of this road as a State road and
to promote its improvement, be it
Resolved: That this club com
meds every action so far taken by the
Honorable Board of County Commits.
sioners looking to the improvement OF
Charlotte county's portion of State
Road Number Five and that it urge
upon the honorable board that since
they have by resolution declared it to
be their Judgment that it would be
eXpedient and to the best interests
of the county to issue bonds of the
said county to provide means for the
permanent improvement of this vital
highway, that they Immediately, or as
soon as possible, in pursuance of their
resolutions on this subject, call an
election to determine if majority of
the freeholders of the county wish
to issue bonds sufficient to provide
for the grading and hard-surfacing of
State Road Number Five from the
Sarasota county line to the Lee coun-
ty line through Charlotte county, an
election being the only means where
by the will of the majority may be
ascertained; but that in order to
guard against the disappointment and
dissatisfaction that has heretofore
followed the expenditure of funds OBJ
tanned by issue of bonds, that before
the election is called, the commits
sioners are requested to employ a
competent engineer to prepare COM
plete plans and specifications and ac-
curate estimates of work to be done,
and a guaranteed estimate of the cost
of said work, including cost of super
intendence and inspection. de it
further resolved
THAT the Commissioners be re-
quested to have this work done by
contract let to the lowest bidder after
the legal advertisement for bids and
that no contracts be awarded until
it shall appear that the entire work
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1922-01-20
FORTNIGHTLY CLUB
Gives Delightful Reception for Newly
Elected President

One of the most enjoyable social
functions of the season was the re-
ception given by the Fortnightly Club
on Thursday. the 18th inst, at the
home of Mrs. Wilma Fries. 1t was
in honor of the clubs recently elect
ed president, Mrs. Ethel Whitten, and
was attended by about sixty members
and guests of the club The retiring
president, Mrs. Grace Davis, in a
graceful speech introduced her sue
cessor, who responded in a brilliant
address, setting forth the needs of
the world, and the part women's
federated clubs might have in allevi-
ating humanity's distress. She spoke
especially of plans of work for child
welfare and urged the club to do it's
part to better the condition of child
ren.
After the speeches a comedy by
Howells, entitled The Mouse Trap"
was presented by the club, Mrs
Esther Jordan and Miss Norma Pep
per taking the leading parts, support
ed by Mrs. Grace Davis, Mrs. Oswald,
Miss Bertha Pepper and Mrs. Sallie
Jordan. 1t was cleverly rendered
and much appreciated by the COM
pany. After this social hour was
enjoyed, during which salad course,
followed by ice cream, cake and coffee
was served by a committee consisting
of Mesdames Fries, Carleton, Mason,
Clara Davis, Slocum, Weeks, Rankin,
Blount, Mary Hewitt, Robinson Skies
and Miss Blake
Among the out-of-town guests who
enjoyed this delightful affair were
Miss Mcneil of Three Rivers, Mich; /;
Mrs. Shaffer, Mrs. Palmer, and Mrs.
Southwick, of Stevens Point, Wis;
Mrs. Spears, of Columbus, Ohio; Mrs.
Stafford, of Dem crest, Georgia, Miss
Nellie Holderby, of Carmi, Illinois;
Mrs. Morris, of Atlanta; Mrs. Curry
and Miss Conn, of Louisville; and
Mrs. Wyatt, of Spirit Lake, Idaho.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1922-01-20

COMMERCIAL CLUB WANTS BONDING ELECTION CALLED:
PASS Resolution COMMENCING The COMMISSIONERS
Resolution Was Passed With But a
Meeting of Club Last Friday Night Club
Meet Again Tonight.

can be completed within the appro-
priation. Be it further resolved
THAT this Commercial Club ex-
tend to our county commissioners q
unanimous vote of thanks for their
efforts in behalf of this project, which
up to recently has been particularly
this clubs project, and that Hon. r.
S. Windham, chairman of the board
be commended for his activity in be-
half of this vital highway and in Sc
curing valuable and much needed
road machinery for Charlotte county
from the State Road Department. >"
Be it further resolved
That copies of this resolution be
sent to the Board of County Commits
sioners and to Hon. R. S. Windham
and entered in the clubs minutes.
Passed, with one dissenting vote,
at the meeting on January 13, 1922"
In this connection, a letter received
by Secretary Price from the secretary
of the Sarasota Chamber of Com
merce will be of interest as showing
the interest of Sarasota and Sarasota
county in the Tamiami trail Follow
ing are excerps from the LETTER:
"At recent meeting of the Cham
ber of Commerce for Sarasota coun-
ty, it was unanimously voted to make
the completion of the Tamiami trail
the slogan of the Sarasota County
Chamber of Commerce.
II am sure Punta Gorda realizes
that there is no one thing which will
do more to further the progress of
the west coast section of South Flori-
da than the entire completion of this
trail. There can be no ques-
ton but what the almost unbelievable
development in some sections of the
state within the past ten years has
been due almost exclusively to good
roads, and | think this is the one time
for Sarasota, Punta Gorda, Fort My
ers and other towns and hamlets
along the trail to join together in a
demand for the completion of this
trail without any further unnecessary
delays. B" | would + appreci-
ate it if you would advise me what
is being done to make Charlotte coun-
tvs link complete. l.. S. Moody,
secretary"
Very little besides the bonding
proposition and a proposed Charlotte
county exhibit at the Tampa fair was
discussed at the meeting of the club.
Judging from the expressions, with
three exceptions, the twenty or more
members preseht were in favor of
bonding for the trail.
After some discussion, it was sug-
gested, and motion made and sec
oned but not voted upon, that no at
tempt be made to have an exhibit at
the fair.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1922-01-20
co. Commissioners TALK
MUCH BUT DO NOTHING
Preliminary Engineering Would Not
Cost Anything if Proposed EIec-
tion Should Carry

The meeting of the county commits
sioners, Saturday afternoon, resulted
in nothing being done, but much said
The entire time of the session was
taken up in discussion of the pro-
position that an election be called to
decide the question of issuing bonds
to refund all outstanding road and
bridge bonds and to hard surface the
Tamiami Trail Estate Road No. 50
through the county from the Sarasota
to the Lee county line. The members
OF the board present were Chairman
Windham and Messrs. whit en-
knight and Hobson. Otto Gottfred
of Mccall, who has been Recommend
ed as the successor of j. H. Wood, re-
signed, but who, for some reason, has
not received his commission, was
present. Clerk Blount was requested
TO write to the governor and inquire
about the delay in Mr.. Gottfried's s
case.
The clerk read the resolutions of
= the Commercial Club, in which the
board was commended for the earnest
attention given all the county's in
terests, particularly the building of
good roads, and asking the board to
call an election to settle the bonding
proposition, as mentioned above.
During the protracted discussion that
ensued, F. Perry King presented a
written offer from E. V. Camp to
make all the necessary preliminary
surveys and furnish guaranteed esti-
mates on condition that, if bonds
should be voted, he should be employ
ed as engineer to supervise the build
ing operations and be paid for his
services according to the scale adopt
ed by the Georgia State Road Com
mission; but, if bonds should not be
voted, there would be no charge for
making the preliminary surveys and
estimates.
Following is Engineer Camps pro-
position, dated January 14th, and
addressed to the county commission
ers, in full:
Punta Gorda, Fla, Jan. IA, 1922
Hon. Board of County Commissioners
Continued on last page)
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1922-01-20
1.-THE Microbe of Love"

"The Microbe of Love-" described
as an epidemic of mirth," will be
presented at the high school auditor
ium next Tuesday night, large num-
Der of talented local people having
been engaged to produce the play,
and they have been working hard all
this week. A portion of the receipts
from the sale of tickets will go to
the Woman's Civic Improvement AS
sociation and will be used for repair
ing and improving the bath house,
which was considerably damaged dur
ing the storm of October.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1922-01-20
Discovers New Orange

A Punta Gorda orange grower,
while motoring about the neighboring
country Wednesday, discovered an
orange tree that was bearing fruit
very similar to the famous Temple
orange. In fact, he says that it has
all the distinctive characteristics of
the Temple orange, in addition to
which it has some qualities that, in
his judgement, make it superior to
that noted variety. He obtained a
lot of buds of this Temple rival and
is putting them into the trees in his
grove six miles out of town.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1922-01-20
THE Fall of Babylon"

AS previously announced, the Fall
of Babylon" will be shown at the To-
cal theatre Saturday and Sunday af-
ternoons and a portion of the receipts
will go to the Baptist church building
fund. This picture will be shown be-
ginning at three o'clock Saturday af-
ternoon, but will not be shown at
night. Don't Ever Marry" will be
shown Saturday night. THE Fall of
Babylon" will be shown again Sun
day afternoon at $3.50. A large num-
ber of tickets have been sold for both
exhibitions of ''The Fall of Babylon"
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1922-01-20
THE HOME MERCHANT

Mid pleasures and palaces
though l may wend, l find the
home merchant a much-valued
friend. The mail-order
catalogue woos me in vain, for
to pay-without-seeing m ay
bring me pain. The
home merchant credits till pay
day arrives, knows all the
whims of his friends and their
wives. His overalls wear like
the buck-skln of old,-his but
tons amt brass, if he tells you
they're gold! Of every COM
munity he is a part, and even
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1922-01-20

The heaviest rain for months fell
here during Monday night. 1t began
about 10 o'clock and continued till
midnight, during which time the fall
was not heavy; but, from then on for
three hours, it poured a deluge. 1t
ceased about 4 o'clock, Tuesday
morning; and. later on. the clouds
rolled away and the day was fair and
warm.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1922-01-20

the kids know the path to his
heart. He boosts for the chap
ell, the lodge and the school,
community uplift" Is ever his
rule. " And even the FOOT
ball and basketball teams, look
kindly on him, in their athletic
him at my elbow each day, than
to deal with a shark, many fur
longs away. Let's make
the thing mutual, and stand by
our friend, there's no place
like home, for the money we
spend!-Uncle John.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1922-01-20
Scouts Take Merit Tests

Gilbert and William Grunwell took
the final tests for Scout merit badges
before members of the court of honor
last Friday and made excellent
marks. A number of other scouts
finished up their second class Scout
tests,
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1922-01-20
To Print Weekly Program

Hereafter the Plaza theatre will
have published in the Herald a COM
plete program of the coming week S
attractions at this theatre. The
Pathe news, a film depicting currens
events, is an added attraction that
will be shown Cn Monday and Thurs
day nights in the future.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1922-01-20
New Doctor

DR.. E. L. Rasmussen, the well
known natureopath, formerly of Fort
Myers, has moved to Punta Gorda and
opened Offices in Meadow building.
DR.. Rasmussen is the inventor of an
anesthetic which is said to be super
ior to any in common use today.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1922-01-20

Farming is business. Most busi-
ness houses pin their faith to aceu-
rate bookkeeping. Therefore, Mr..
Farmer, do bookkeeping, accurate
book keeping, If you expect to be sue
lcessful
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1922-01-20
Kicked by Lizzie"

]. C. Anderson is carrying his
right arm in a sling as a result of
being kicked by his lizzie. The arm
was not broken, but severly and pain
fully sprained.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1922-01-20

Planning the arrangement of the
equipment in the kitchen so as to
eliminate needless steps also elimi-
mates wasting energy.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1922-01-20

The local banks were closed yester-
day in honor of the birthday of that
peerless Christian soldier. Robert E.
Lee
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1922-01-20

A smile is worth a dozen frowns in
any market, and is easier to produce.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-10-26
HEART and HOME PROBLEMS
Written for The State Journal
BY ELIZABETH THOMPSON

Dear Mrs. Thompson: 1 am a girl
seventeen years old. I went steady
with a boy for a short time and he
said he loved me dearly. 1 was called
away to visit a sick aunt of mine for
two weeks. While 1 was still in town
this boy came to see me almost every
other day. He promised to write me
and wrote two letters. My visit to
my aunt turned out to be two months.
Someway he heard about it, / never
heard from him again. He told some
of his friends he would not stay here
without me and was going back east.
I still love him.
He is so much different than the
rest of the boys. Now I hear he is
coming back, but he has not written
to me. Should 1 speak to him IL he
does come 10 see me, or shall avoid
seeing him? L want to do just what
is right.
Should girl tell what she feels in
her heart If she really means it?
THANKFUL BROWN EYES.
BY all means speak to the boy when
he returns, and do not try to avoid
him. You have no reason to be angry
even since he has not written. My
advice is to forget that matter and
not mention it.
A girl should not betray the state
of her heart unless she is engaged,
and even then it is well not to be too
emphatic.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-10-26
THE SAME OLD CRY.

1t has long been the custom of poll
ticians TO place responsibility for eco
romic ills on Wall street or on the
railroads. Just now the railroads are
bearing the brunt of attack. They are
charged with holding back prosperity
thru maintaining too high freight
rates. But the country actually needs
cars more than it needs lower freight
rates.
Few of the roads have in recent
years paid reasonable dividends on
their stock and few are now paying a
reasonable return on their property
valuation. The question of watered
stock is, therefore, not involved. An
inspection of the records of the inter-
state commerce commission proves
that the roads have not been making
theme earnings necessary to attract
capital to railroad investment.
Undoubtedly many wrongs were
committed by a few railroad man
ayers some twenty years or more ago,
and those wrongs brought on the ex-
cessive restriction, but it is doing the
general public no good to seek re-
venge by Gripping the transportation
service. The man who has wheat or
apples or coal or livestock ready for
market wants it moved when the COM
modities are ready and the market is
right. Delay may mean loss far ex-
ceeding the difference in freight rates
paid and those demanded.
While the prices OF farm products are
being kept down, and there is prospect
that large part of the crops may
even be left to rot because of made
Quate transportation, men who pre-
tend to be friends of the farmers are
going among them preaching the doc
trine that the unquestionably bad
plight in which they find themselves
is due to high railway rates, and that
another great drive must be made by
them at once for reductions of freight
rates.
They are telling the farmers that
the railways are making large profits
altho the average return earned by
them this year on their valuation has
been only per cent. and in August
partly as a result of recent reductions
in rates. was only 2.65 per cent. They
are telling the farmers that the valua-
ton of the railways is grossly exces-
sive. aitho It was made mainly by the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-10-26

hours of labor of women; night work;
child labor, and the regulation of en-
p1oyment OF women before and after
childbirth.
The office is working on agreements
affecting various other matters vital
to laboring people, chief among which
are unemployment, minimum age of
employment: reciprocity of treatment
Of workers OF different nations: con-
troll of anthrax; lead poisoning; vital
statistics; employment for seamen;
seamen's code; rights of workers to
associate; weekly periods of rest for
workers and various types of insur-
ance for the working classes.
The office holds annual conven-
tions and at each progress has been
reported. It is hoped to standardize
turnout the world the conditions of
labor in various important industries
bringing the condition of the worker
to a higher plane.
Both the league and the labor Of
flee are subsidized by the nations
which have signed the treaty and
both give every indication of being
on a firm and permanent basis
Whether either will assist in prevent
ing war is matter concerning which
there is wide difference of opinion
but it generally is conceded that these
bodies perform a useful function in
assembling important information and
improving conditions of life in the
countries which support their efforts
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-10-26

interstate commerce commission, a
body which certainly never in the past
has shown itself unduly favorable to
the railways, under valuation law of
which Senator La Toilette was the au-
thor. They are advocating the res
toration to state commissions of the
rate-making power they had and reck-
lessly abused before the Transports
ton act was passed, and the repeal OF
the alternating provisions OF the
transportation act whose so-called
guaranty clause expired by limita-
ton on March 1, 1922, and the only
important remaining part Of which is
a provision directing the interstate
commerce commission in regulating
rates to take into consideration the
need of the country for adequate
transportation.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-10-26
JUST FOLKS
BY EDGAR A. GUEST.

The trees are spending their treasure now,
Treasure Of silver and bronze and gold,
Riches are falling from branch and bough,
More than the lap of the earth can hold.
Day by day thru the busy year
The trees have toiled in the burning sun.
But now the end Of their time is near
The frost has come and their work is
done.
Here is a rriot of lunxury,
Lavish and lovely and bright and gay,
a spendthFift now is the humblest tree
Flinging the gold of its purse away.
Splendor sits on the rising hills,
Beauty smiles on the fields afar.
flood CT treasure the forest spills,
Richer than coins of a monarh are.
Fiuttering leaves of bronze and gold
Clean in the sun of the shortening day,
And the trees, like men who are gray and
old,
cSatter the treasures Of earth away.
This you must do" they seem to say.
This is our way and the way of men
Gather your treasures from day to day.
But you must scatter them all again"
Copyright, 1922, By Edgar A. Guest.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-10-26
George Matthew Adams
Daily Talk
IN WHICH GEAR DO YOU DRIVE?

IN WHICH GEAR DO YOU DRIVE?
The gear in which you drive your
life makes every difference in the
world
The difference between accomplish
ment with ease and failure under diff
ffculties.
Everyone who has ever driven a car
knows that the most ground is covered
when in high and with the least
wear and tear and in the most COM
Portable manner.
People who accomplish much, work
in high nearly all the time: whereas
those who are always floundering use
the low speeds. In other words, they
sweat and strive under difficulties
which they would easily avoid just the
minute they shifted to high"
The low speeds of a car are ar
ranged only for nergencies-when
there are hills of unusual grade to
climb. or where 4 special pull is de-
manded.
And that is exactly the way that a
human being is built. He, too. has
speeds. 1t is W to him to choose the
right ones-and the right speeds for
difficulties are the low ones. but for
the average. everyday tasks of life.
high speed is the natural one. Use
it and you Will go fart
But bear IN mild one thing-you