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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-06-29
AMERICAN LEGION
AND AUXILIARY
HAVE BIG EVENT
Picnic and Dance Highly Success.
fuI-Post To Send Team To
Barlow Tomorrow

Francis Beach presented an ami
mated scene Tuesday evening when
the members of the local Post of the
American Legion and of the Legion
Auxiliary and their friends participant
ed in picnic there.
Swimming, fancy diving. and stunts
from the tOboggan slide were features
of the evening, and about eight O'Clock
thirty-eight people sat down to the
delicious box luncheons of potato
salad, sandwiches, fruit salad, cake
and punch which had been prepared
by the Auxiliary. As the repast was
very tooth-sOme. DR. C. b. Weeks, the
painless dentist, was called upon to
be POSTMASTER, and the following in
formal program was demanded and
given: Fred Benford sang his fav
orite selection "K.K-Katy' very earn
estly, Henry Conibear responded with
a Jewish war story. Mrs. C.. van f.
Hopper and Miss Helen Shaffer war
bled touching ditties. Tom Phillips
and DR.. Jimmie Kutrow sang a high
toned operate duet. and Herbert Men
denhall and Henry Bum Mccall re.
sponded with I'm a Little Prairie
Flower" with accompanying gestures.
Thomas w. Bryant gave short adj
dress emphasizing the importance of
the Armistice Day celebration which
the Legion will hold in Lakeland on
November 18th.
Twenty-Five couples participated in
the dancing which featured the even
ing. Mcintyre & Lynch's Merry Mel
ody Men furnishing the poppy music.
Barlow Water Circus
The Lakeland Post plans to parti-
cipate in the huge water circus and car
nival, which the Barlow Post will hold
at Kissingen Springs tomorrow after
noon. A team will be sent over to
take part in the swimming races
against a team from the Barlow Post,
and large delegation will attend to
back the local team and even things
up for the beating Barlow Post gave
Lakeland in the ball game of Progress
and Prosperity Week.
The Barlow boys have planned
big occasion and from l O'Clock
Thursday afternoon to midnight,
there will be "somethin' dom" ev-
cry minute. Water sports. land sports.
dancing are some of the features
planned and Polk county is invited
to attend.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-06-29
MORE IMPROVEMENT
IN STATE ROADS

The Polk County Motor Club has
just been advised that through the
field secretary's department of the
American Automobile Association and
the Marion County Motor Club the
Alachua County Motor Club and the
Columbia County Motor Club the diff
ferent important roads of northwest
Florida have been improved greatly.
The state road No. through Ala
chua county is practically completed.
the road from the Georgia state line
via Jasper, White Springs, Lake City
and High Springs is now in first-class
shape and being kept that way by
permanent maintenance crew. The
road directly south of Gainesville
through Micanopy and to the Marion
county line is being rolled and
scraped and will have a permanent
maintenance crew so that this road
which has always been in deplorable
condition, will be in good shape at
all times.
The promises made to the American
Automobile Association by the diff
ferent counties north of Polk to have
their roads in real good shape by
October first, is being realized This
will connect the wonderful roads of
Polk county up with the roads leading
north, so that the people of Polk
county will get the full benefit of
these roads.
Just at present the American Auto
mobile Association is at work in
Washington on a bill that will tax
the motorist that uses the roads for
the roads. AS the taxation is now,
the weight is the principal feature
If this bill is put through the auto
will be taxed not on the weight but
upon the amount of gasoline used In
this way the man that actually used
the roads will pay the taxes. If a
car is stored for weeks or months the
period that the car is not used is
free from tax. This means that the
machines that are run in Florida will
be taxed for the amount of gasoline
used in the state and the money from
these taxes will be used in the state.
The same applies to the motorists
that come in from the north They
will in way pay for the roads in our
state as long as tney use them
the gasoline consumption tax. This
plan is in operation in London now
and has been accepted after a trial
of all the other plans of taxation.
The Polk County Motor Club mem
bership is steadily increasing, among
the latest to join being John ].
Swearingen, Barlow; Burdett Loomis,
Jr.. Pierce; H. B. Seymour, Winter
Haven; ]. T. Keefe, Winter Haven;
w. S. Rodgers, Lakeland; F. S. Ours
ton, Lakeland; s. NJ Stephens, Lake
land; c. v. Holder, Lakeland.
Application for membership may be
obtained at the office of the club in
the Elks Hotel or at the Official Dixie
Highway Garage, mechanical service
station for the club.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-06-29
Is To Cost $415,OOO-
Great Interest In the
Enterprise and Sub
stantial Subscriptions
Being Made By Many
Citizens

at is a beautiful compliment to
Lakeland, a beautiful compliment to
Lakeland"
Thus spoke Manager Appleyard of
the Chamber of Commerce Monday
evening when he made known to the
big audience assembled in mass meet
ing at the Auditorium, the terms on
which Lakeland can secure $415,00O.
all-year hotel There were facts and
figures to show that everyone connect
ed with the enterprise is willing to
go at least half way to meet the citi-
y zens of Lakeland in putting the thing
across.
The Auditorium was well-filled and
the crowd was attentive at all times,
displaying it's enthusiasm with fire.
quent applause.
The Lakeland Band furnished the
music for the occasion.
On the stage were o. G. Lanphear,
president of the chamber of COM
merce; T. J. Appleyard, secretary of
the Chamber of Commerce; Francis
J. Kinnard, of Tampa, architect of the
proposed hotel, and members of the
chambers committee on hotel and
apartment house development as fol-
lows: E. L. Mack. G. f. Todd. Chas.
P. Zazzali, Ben M. Pulliam, T. M. Phil
lips and H. M. Senior.
Mr.. Lanphear opened the meeting.
He referred briefly to the splendid
community effort that brought South
ern College to Lakeland, and stated
that the community now has until
July to decide on an opportunity as
great as Southern. He then presented
Manager Appleyard with his array of
facts and figures covering the whole
project.
Mr.. Appleyard explained that these
facts and figures are in the nature of
a report of the work of the hotel COM
mittee made through the chamber to
the people of the community and now
being presented to them in the nature
of a referendum. He made plain that
it is now up to the people and that
the responsibility of Selling or neg
lecting the opportunity is with the
people.
He showed from figures compiled by
the hotel committee that the city
needs an increase in p-to-the-minute
hotel facilities to put it on a parity
with other communities, which may
be termed our rivals. According to
these figures, Lakeland has 10 modern
hotel rooms to each one thousand of
the present population. Daytona, Eus-
tbs, Orlando, st. Petersburg, Miami,
West Palm Beach were among the
other cities considered and all show
figures much in excess of Lakeland:
Daytona, for instance, having 1872
rooms for each 1000 population.
Having arrived at this fact, the no.
tel committee, which has spent
months on the matter proceeded to
ferret out the most advantageous
method of securing additional hotel
facilities for Lakeland. With all de-
tails worked out, this committee was
prepared to state that for every dol
lar invested in the hotel by Lakeland
citizens, four dollars of outside capital
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-06-29
FINE STRUCTURE WILL Be
ERECTED CORNER MAIN STREET
and MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE

will be forthcoming, with all condi-
tions arranged surprisingly favorable
to Lakeland.
To begin with an option has been
secured on the Overstreet property,
122 feet square, on the corner of Main
street and Massachusetts avenue, the
committee having taken into consid.
Grafton several other locations and
received expert opinion.
Plans for the proposed structure
have been drawn by Francis J. Kin.
nard, and show an eight-story build
ing, containing 1870 rooms, with en-.
frances from both streets, and court
on the Massachusetts avenue side
providing a view of Lake Mirror for a
large number of rooms. Views of the
building as planned were displayed
and those showing the hotel in a
lovely setting arranged by extending
Main street to Lake Mirror and max
ing a walkway around the lake with
a pavilion at the foot Of the street
was decidedly beautiful and created
much interest.
AS to the financing of the project,
the backing of the Adair Realty Com.
pany of Atlanta, Georgia, has been Sc.
cured, and cooperation is ready all
along the line of those who will have
the construction in hand. The own
ers of the lot will take SIS, 900 of the
purchase price of 100000 in bonds on
the hotel; the architect will take
bonds in payment of 60 per cent of his
fee; number of contractors have ex-
pressed a willingness to accept stock
for their profit in case they receive
the award.
The Adair Realty Company will adj
vance the cash needed for the lot and
payments necessary to the contracto
during the period of construction,
which is estimated at eight months,
so that the money subscribed by the
people of Lakeland will remain in the
Lakeland banks while the building is
going on. The daily payroll for the
eight months is estimated at $500 a
day. a substantial increase in the
city's general prosperity.
In agreeing to buy 70 per cent of
the hotel bonds, the Adair Realty Com
pany includes in the cost the archi-
tect's fees and the interest on the
money during construction. The price
offered is the same as or better than
can be secured for bonds on similar
enterprise in New York, Washington
or Chicago, and better than has been
secured by certain other communities
in the state. In addition to this, the
Is to 20 prospective lessees have ex-
pressed a willingness to buy stock in
the hotel, and to agree to an arrange
by which the lessee gets no profit un-
til the net yearly earnings have re-
turned per cent to the common
stock.
The shares of 500 each are to be
paid fer OH the easy terms of 500
down and SO month for eight
months. The amount which Lakeland
citizens must buy to secure the hotel
is $106,000. The balance of the cost
of the $415,0O0 structure will, be out
side capital.
Mr. Appleyard took occasion to state
further that nobody is getting any
thing out of it." 1t is a clean PROPOSE
ton straight through.
There were also figures to show the
probably income of the hotel, or rath-
er to show that the income will prob
ably be beyond expectations.
E. L. Mack was called upon to state,
in his position as president of the
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-06-29
SEVENTH GOLD SEAL.

Mr. and Mrs George Warren of
the Marvin Hotel have received their
seventh successive Gold Seal, award
ed to the restaurants and hotels that
conform to the state laws in regard
to cleanliness and other matters that
go to make hotel or restaurant first
class Mr.. and Mrs. Warren were
formerly pMprietors of the Colonial
restaurant, and are Lakeland's pioneer
Gold Seal winners, the Colonial be
ing the only winner of the seal in
Lakeland. and one Of only three in
the state seven years ago.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-06-29
Some Reasons Why That
New Hotel Must be Built
WINTER TOUR
ALREADY PROMISED

WIN En- lOOh
ALREADY PROMISED
1T is with a great deal OF pleasure
that we learn of the new hotel project
in Lakeland, and we sincerely trust
this hotel win be completed by next
December, so that our annual tour to
Florida may be booked with it,
THE writer knows Florida thor.
oughly, and it goes without saving
that Lakeland, being one of the finest
cities in that state, should have a
hotel suitable to meet the needs of the
travelling public. We quite sincerely
believe this hotel will be one of Lake
lands greatest assets, and while here
tofore our company have always
scheduled their tours through Lake
land, without any stop. the fact that
you are building such a hotel there
will be sufficient reason why our per.
sonally conducted tours shall be r0ut-
ed to Lakeland in the future for a
permanent night control.
I'm all of the touring letters leaving
our Offices for the past several years
to persons interested in the center or
west of Florida, we have always rec
commended direct trip from Orlando
to Tampa, but now with Lakeland's
many natural beauties, and with a
modern, up to date hotel to receive
our tourists, we shall be pleased dur
ing next fall and winter to recommend
Lakeland to all tourists as their head
quarters.
"As soon as the literature of your
hotel is printed 1T might be well to
send us supply to our Boston office
to be distributed to our touring bureaus
located in Montreal. Albany, New
York, and Indianapolis. besides the
one we maintain here in Boston"
NJ. ROCAMORA,
President, Scarborough Motor Guide
Co, Boston, Mass.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-06-29
New and Prospective Business for the
Hotel That Present Facilities
Do Not Warrant

Hotel That Present Facilities
Do Not Warrant
l. Larger number of travelling sales
men will stop here as business gets
back to normal.
2. Larger number will stop here
with improved hotel facilities, sample
rooms, etc.
3. Larger number will travel out of
Lakeland, as Lakeland increases as a
jobbing center.
4. Touring parties in winter that do
not now stop here will do 50.
;. Lakeland can then go after con
ventions, both state, sectional and ma
tional
&. Hotel operator will likely be a
man who operates a summer tourist
hotel north or east, and who can bring
ere as winter guests people who do
not come here now.
T. Weather tourists and winter
home seekers can be brought here
who will not come now.
Other Advantages on New Hotel
!. Increase in all down town real
estate values.
2. More extensive buying of real es-
tate next winter by visitors who see
the hotel under acknowledgements
greater stability.
3 BY the city acquiring the Audi
forum and beautifying Lake Mirror,
it will mean that another and more
attractive theater will be built
a. 1t will stimulate building through
out the city.
5. 1t will turn into the channels of
trade among the merchants a pay
roll of $714. and correspondingly turn
into the banks larger deposits. and
help the merchants in lowering their
loans at the banks.
G. 1t will relieve all unemployment
in the CITY of Lakelnnd
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-06-29
HONEY DEW ICE CREAM.

Right on the heels of its delightful
Golden Moon" ice cream. the Polk
County Dairy Company has invented
a special called, "Ifoney Dew"
A combination OF real fruit flavors
results In a cream Of such delicious
ness that words are quite inadequate
to describe It. It seems probable
that Lakeland ice cream eaters will
soon be divided into two camps; those
who like Golden Moon" better than
Honey Dew and those who prefer
Honey Dew" As for US, we will
take sonae Of each.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-06-29
NEWS OF DEATH.

News has been received here Of
the death Of Mrs. Julia Knowles Of
Chicago. which occurred Sunday
morn at the home of her daughter
Mrs. Hilda Sweat. Mrs. Knowles for
merly resided in Lakeland and Is
pleasantly remembered here as wo-
man of many admirable qualities.
She is survived by three children.
Mrs Hilda Sweat, Roy Knowles, and
Mrs. Mabel Fitchett, and by number
of brothers and sisters. of whom the
following are known here: her bro
Tiers, Tom Marshall and Dan Marsh
all. and her half-sisters. Mrs. S. F.
Smith, Mrs. r. L. Mayes. Jr., all Of
this city and Mrs. L. A. Rhoades, Of
Jacksonville.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-06-29
H. E. PRITCHETT
ENDORSED FOR
HIGHWAY COM'R
Rotary Club Behind
Lakeland M an for
Place Made Vacant By
Death of w. w. Clark,
State Highway Com
missioner

The Rotary Club at its regular lunch
con today noon endorsed II. T.. Prit-
chett for the office Of state highway
commissioner to fill the vacancy left
by the death of the late w. w. Clark.
Should the governor follow the sug
gestion of the Lakeland Rotary Club
the appointment will meet with wide
spread approval for Mr.. Pritchett is
favorably known throughout the
state.
He is a man of varied experience
and interests. which are mainly in
the naval stores and citrus lines, and
his sound Judgement and devotion to
the public good will be big asset
to the state through the road COIN
mission.
In connection with the more serious
side of the Rotary dinner were enter
tainment features of more than ordi-
nary interest w. l.. King had charge
of this part of the meeting.
Miss Hughetta Evans gave pleas
ing reading, Miss Beatrice Mcdonald
an esthetic dance of much charm
while Miss Effie Pritchett and Miss
Aline PARCEL gave a lively little duet
on their ukaleles.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-06-29
E.P.CREEN MADE
STATE HIGHWAY
COMMISSIONER
Mayor of Bradentown
Appointed To Post
Made Vacant BY Death
of w. w. Clark

A message from Tallahassee, re-
ceived by the Telegram yesterday af-
ternoon after the paper went to press,
stated that e. p. Green, Of Braden-
town, had been appointed by the gov
ernor to succeed the late w. w. Clark
on the State Highway Commission.
Mr.. Green is mayor of Bradentown
and a prominent realtor of that place.
He is president Of the Bradentown
Board of Trade, president Manatee
Fair Association and president Of the
Sugar Bowl Drainage District.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-06-29

The misery and depression caused
by bilious and constipated condition
of the system can be quickly remov-
ed by using yerbine. 1t purifies.
strengthens and invigorRtea. Pmce.
6Oc. Sold by all Druggists. advt
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-06-29

Sound as a certified check is the
guarantee of quality offered by q
grower when. in addition to using
his own label on citrus, lie further
identifies It to the trade by the
use OF an A. F. G. trademark.
The A. FIG. mark and the en-
blem Of the Blue Goose are not
brands. -.
The A F. @. mark is advertised
as a sign placed only on fruits and
vegetables Of dependable quality.
The public, as well as the re-
taller, knows the Blue Goose en-
blem is placed on only the very
highest quality.
The A. FIG. trademarks will APP
pear, when desired, on the labels
of associations and individual
growers who ship through the
American Fruit Growers.
American Fruit Growers
Orlando, Fla.
incorporated
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The Washington times., 1922-01-19
penn STADIUM
PLANNED I0b[
BIGGEST mus,
SIS, 900 to Be Able to See Foot
ball, Baseball, or Track
Meets.

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 1s.--Plans
now approaching completion for tho
reconstruction of Franklin Field win
make II the .largeSt stadium in the
country. with accommodations for
football, baseball, and track combined.
according to figures in the possession
Of Sydney e. Hutchinson. Of the
alumni committee In charge Of the
project.
The increased seating capacity.
which will provide room for 5000
spectators, has been attained IN the
plan by extending the grandstands
out over the sidewalks to the north
and south, and eastward to the tracks
Of the Pennsylvania railroad at the
end opposite the gymnasium.
Part of this increase In seating ca
pacity will be Obtained by an In.
genious> system Of contemporary
running track for the football games
and may be rolled back on tracks be-
meath the grandstand proper at other
times, when they are not needed.
Those In charge of designing the
new stadium were confronted with
the problem of materially increasing
the seating area without any increase
In land area to sreak Of, and with
out interfering with any Of the ia
cilities for the three sports above
mentioned. -
This difficulty was solved by NOV.
ing the baseball diamond westward
thirty feet toward the gymnasium and
adopting the system Of disappearing
stands for the accommodation Of the
maximum attendance.
The plan to extend the structure
out over the sidewalks, thus adding
materially to the available space, ne
cessitated the passage Of q special
ordinance by city council. The
projected arrangements contemplates
an arcade, supported by arches In the
Roman style. to harmonic In appear
ance with the University Museum
across the street to the south.
At intervals there will be ramps, or
inclined approaches, which connect
the street level with openings In the
midst Of the stands halfway to the
top. These will permit Of quick
egress from the structure after the
games. -
Although the two easternmost cor
ners OF the field have not been pro-
vided with any seating arrangement
In the accompanying plan on account
Of the apparent difficulty In securing
I'll uffOustTuCtcu NicW Oh tne IfeiQ ITOfn
that position. II IN expected that these
two sections viii be so raised above
the adjoining seats In the final plan
that they will be fully as desirable a.
others nearby. E71
The materials to be used In con-
structing the new stadium will be
concrete. brick, and steel, supplant.
ing the wood and brick Of the pres.
ent structure. It's exterior dimen.
sions win be 673 by 472 feet, with In.
terror measurements of 400 by 32c
feet, covering an area Of 7.3 acres.
While the new Franklin Field will
be exceeded in seating capacity by
several stadiums, one Of which, the
Ohio State University Field, win have
two levels, II win lead all fields capa.
BILE OF staging football. baseball. and
track.
The Ohio State field will have no
accommodation for baseball, and the
Yale Bowl, with it's rs, 900 capacity.
| In designed for football alone.
The Washington times., 1922-01-19
NEW ENGLAND 5
GR|DSCHEDULES
SHOW CONFLICT
Harvard and Dartmouth to Play
Same Day That Boston Col
Iege Meets Lafayette.

BOSTON, Jan. 1.-the Harvard
Dartmouth football contest scheduled
for October rs Of the next season
promises to have real opposition. The
Boston College gridiron program. just
made public. discloses that Lafayette's
eleven, indicated during the past
season, will oppose Boston College at
Braves Field. Boston. on that day. The
result of the two big games probably
win mean the largest pair Of crowds
assembled In q single afternoon In Bos-
ton In a long time.
Eight games are scheduled for the
team. which will be coached by Major
Frank Cavanaugh. Boston University
will open the program on October :.
Fordham University will be the Boston
College opponent here on Columbus
Day. On October 81 Boston College
will meet the University of Detroit at
Detroit in the only game scheduled
away from home.
On October 20 comes Lafayette, and
November IL still open. Baylor Uni
versity of Texas, Canisius College, of
Buffalo; Georgetown University and
Holy Cross College elevens will appear
at Braves Field on successive Satir.
days. the final game being scheduled
for December 2, date usually un.
suited for football in the New England
climate.