davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1922-09-15

the Pacific coast for that decade.
Rolf dashed out of town and
made the first 20 miles-two stages
in 50 minutes. He changed horses
in 10 seconds and completed his run
to Placerville, a distance of IS
miles, in two hours and 4o minutes.
At Placerville Rolf threw his
pouch to the second rider, Boston,
who was off like a shot on his r.
mile stretch. He climbed the west
ern slope of the Sierras and push
ed on across the range to Fort
Churchill. The first express reach
ed Salt Lake from Sacramento four
days later, on April 2. while the
first mail from St. Joseph arrived
April 9Th, two days later. There
was great rejoicing there, for the
citizens of Salt Lake had, up to
this time, been accustomed to re-
ceiving news from six weeks to
three months old. The most thrill
ling bit of intelligence transmitted
by pony" during the early days
of the express was that war was
imminent. Soon after news of the
declaration of war came and the
troops in Utah were ordered to the
national capital. The first tidings
of the firing on Fort Sumter reach.
ed Sacramento in eight days, II
hours. From that time California
business men and public officials
subscribed to a bonus fund to be
paid to riders for carrying wal
news as fast as possible. The rid.
ers along the route were given $500
for carrying a bundle of Chicago
papers containing news of the bat.
tie of Antietam to Sacramento a
day faster than usual.
The fastest trip made by the ex.
press riders was in March, 1861
when Lincoln's first inaugural ad.
dress was carried through from St
Joseph to Sacramento, a distance
Of 1880 miles, in seven days and
II hours.
Horses Kept At a Gallop
To Maintain Schedule
In making their stages it was ne.
cessary, where the. stations were
not too far apart, for riders to keep
their horses on a dead run contin.
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1922-09-15

lookout kept ceaseless vigil to prev.
emit the predatory tribes Of the Mis-
souri, river from securing . toothold
in western Montana.
II y to be sincerely hoped that the
coalition Of al historical matter re-
latinE particularly to Nissoula coun-
ty DO made within the lives of the
present generation. Within the con-
fines Of this city live some Of the
first pioneers Of this state and their
sons and daughters have In the past
served the state with honor and nm
swerving loyalty to it, best interests.
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1922-09-15
BACK-TRAILING ON THE OLD FRONTIERS

races for life, but most of them
were able to out-distance Indians
who attacked them because Of the
unusual fleetness of their horses.
For risking their lives on the prai-
RE and mountain trails the riders
received from $50 to $50 month
and board, the pay being graduated
according to the nature of the coun-
try covered and the perils to be
faced. William F. Cody, famous
later as Buffalo Bill, and a few
others, who rode through a dam
gerous country infested with Chey-
ennes and Comanches, were paid
the larger figure.
Pony Express Proves to
Be Unsuccessful Financially
The Pony Express lasted less
than 18 months. It was followed
by the daily Overland stage-coach
in July, 1861. Four months later
came the first telegraph, and in
May, 1869, the first railroad was
completed across the continent. The
express, while successful in every
other way, proved disastrous to its
originators in a financial way. Rus
sell and his associates lost more
than $25O,OOO in the enterprise.
During its brief existence it proved
to be of the utmost value to the
government and to Pacific coast
business men. The investment re-
quired to equip the line was very
great and the cost of maintaining
it was enormous, due to Indian hos
tility and the long distances neces-
sary to carry supplies. Five hum
dred of the best saddle horses OBJ
tainable were in use and nearly 200
men were employed as station keep
ers, in addition to the 80 riders.
One hundred and ninety stations
were scattered along the route.
Grain used to feed the horses be-
tween St. Joseph and Salt Lake had
to be transported from Missouri
and Iowa across the plains and over
the Rocky Mountains at a freight
cost of rs cents a pound.
There are few of the pony ex-
press riders living today. Frey,
the first rider out of St. Joseph,
weighed only IFS pounds, but he
was one of the bravest men who
ever sat horse. After the Civil
war broke out he enlisted as scout
and was killed in 1868 in a fight
with a company of Arkansas Rang
|ers. He killed five men in a hand
to-hand encounter before he was
shot and MORALLY wounded.
Buffalo Bill was the most famous
of the riders in later years. His
route embraced a ride of rs miles
on the north fork of the Platte
through region infested both with
road agents and hostile Indians.
The route was a long and extremely
dangerous one. Once, after his IS
mile ride, he found the next rider
dead and scalped by Indians, and
he continued on the trail for IS
miles farther on schedule time. He
then turned back and rode the en-
tire distance again, making con-
| tinuous ride of $40 miles without
rest at an average speed of IS miles
an hour. This is one of the most
extraordinary rides in history. An
other that was even more unusual,
however, was made by Robert Has
lam, known as Pony Bob. who COW
cred $50 miles without resting
when a station had been burned
and another rider killed by the In
dams.
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1922-09-15

History
One Of the most sensational de-
velopments of frontier days in the
far west was the establishment in
1889 Of the fast pony express line
between the Missouri river and
California, by which it was possible
to send dispatches from any city in
the union to San Francisco in
eight days. The idea was not new
one, for history relates that Gen.
ghis Khan, of Tartary and China,
originated the pony express centu-
ries before the American Indians
had come into possession of horses
from the Spaniards. Marco Polo
wrote that he had stations every
Is miles, and that his riders occa-
sionally covered as much as 800
miles in a day. The same system
was in use in various parts of Eu-
rope at different times before the
railroads came into being. In con-
nection with the conquest of west
ern America, few frontier enter
prises can be compared with the
pony express in the matter of pub
lie importance.
The enterprise was launched and
financed by William H. Russell, the
best known western freighting man
of that day and a leading citizen Of
Leavenworth, Kansas, which in the
SOS and early COS was the most i'm
portant Missouri river town in
Kansas. Russell was an organizer
of great ability, and as soon as he
had determined to carry out this
ambitious project he began quietly
buying in California, Iowa, and
Missouri hundreds of horses of the
type best suited to the work. Horse
flesh in the SOS was valuable and
many of the animals he bought cost
as much as $500. The utmost Sec
recy was maintained, and when,
after only four months work, he
published in the New York Herald
and the Missouri Republican of
St. Louis an advertisement an
nouncing the establishment Of the
fast pony express, the news created
a sensation throughout the nation.
The advertisement, published Mar.
26, 1860, was as follows:
To San Francisco In Eight Days
BY
The Central Overland California
Pixies Peak Express Co.
The first courier Of the Pony
Express will leave the Missouri
river on Tuesday. April 8, ct s
o'clock p. m. and will run regular
" weekly thereafter, carrying q
letter mail only. The point of de-
perture on the Missouri river will
Be in telegraphic connection with
the east and viii be announced in
due time.
Telegraphic messages from oil
parts Of the United States and Can
ada In connection with the point Of
departure viii be received up to
6o'clock p. m. Of the day Of leaving
and transmitted over the Placer
VILE and st. Joseph telegraph wire
to San Francisco and intermediate
points BY the connecting express In
eight days.
The letter mail will be delivered
in San Francisco In ten days from
the departure Of the express. The
express passes through Forts Kear-
ney. Laramie and Bridger; Great
Salt Lake City. Camp Floyd. Car
son City. the Washoe Silver Mines,
Placerville and Sacramento.
Letters for Oregon. washington
Territory, British Columbia, the
Pacific Mexican ports, Russian DOS.
sessions, Sandwich Islands, China.
Japan and India will b mailed in
San Francisco.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-05-08

The following letter was written to
Miss Lois Cooley, Home Demonstra-
ton Agent of Polk county, by Miss
Pauline Griffin, the winner of the
first prize in the Polk County Sewing
Club, who is representing Polk Coun-
ty at Tallahassee at the Girls CLUB
Short Course, with the request that
ii be put in the Lakeland paper. Miss
Griffin attends the Medulla school.
Tallahassee, Sla., April 26, 1922.
Dear Miss Lois:
He were requested to write to you
about what we are doing, and send
something to put in our home town
paper.
The club girls of the state of Flor
rida started to work April 25, 1922.
There are eighty-four girls here, and
more were to come but could not.
We are haTing a fine time work
ing and having a lot pleasure with
it. The college girls are trying to
see what a good time they can give
us.
We would like the girls at home to
know just what we are doing so they
will work to be able to come next
year. 1t takes lots of work but it is
we'll worth trying for.
There are only three girls from
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-05-08

well known and the fact that they
were starting a factory here had
great weight with the northern MAJ,
ufactcrers in influencing them to
take UP similar project"
On account of the Importance of
the article, two typographical errors
in the previous account of the pro-
.iect of the Non-acio Fertilizer anu
Chemical Company should be correct
ed. The missing figures in the
paragraph about Germany's payment
Of non-acid fertilizer on war indem-
nifty TO England, are three ciphers,
the correct amount being 100000
tons. The other error is an extra
cipher in the capitalization Of the
company, the correct amount being
5000, 600
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-05-08
SOUTHLAND CITRUS
PRODUCTS COMPANY
Building Business Upon Substantial
Foundation

The South Florida housekeeper who
purchases a package of fruit juice or
jam or delicious CONNECTION bearing
the Southland label, may rest assured
that she is not only buying a whole
some, appetizing article Of assured
purity, but she is aiding in the upbuild
ing of a really important industry up
on which much of the prosperity Of
this section depends.
The products of this firm are sold
under the following labels: Southland
Grapefruit Drink Southland Grape
fruit, Orange and Strawberry Jam.
Southland Grapefruit Candy and Crys-
tallized Peel and. Southland Canned
Grapefruit Hearts.
The products. of which the above
list is composed, represent years of
careful research and experimental
work in which many seemingly insur-
mountable obstacles incident to the
handling of citrus fruit juices were
overcome.
During the experimental processes
many formulas were developed for
which there would be a ready SALE
but it is the intent of those control
ling the policy of this firm to first in
troduce and develop a market for
these articles for which there is a
pressing demand and on which the
selling resistance was slightest.
The one big outstanding feature of
this industry and the one upon which
the hopes of its incorporators as well
IS those who wish this section of the
country to prosper is the fact that
this firm makes possible a market for
home-groducts, which are not market
able in the usual manner.
There are other plants in this coun-
try engaged in the manufacture of
food products, but there is none in
which the element of wholesomeness
is more i'll evidence.
The main building consists of a
substantial two-story structure of
brick 150x150 feet on a concrete foun-
dation and lower floor. The auxiliary
buildings consist of a detached power
plant. fully equipped machine shop
and a storage building for bottles and
cases. Provision has wisely been made
for extension of the plant, ample
ground is owned for the erection of
additional buildings as needed. The
company also owns 800 feet of side
track all on its own property and
which may be used to expedite prompt
handling Of in and out freight.
The production department occupies
the entire second floor of the main
building and with present equipment
installed has capacity for handling
and preparing for the market approx
imately ten thousand pounds daily of
jams, candied fruits and the other
PRODUCTS of this plant.
Thirty men and girls are now car
lied on the payroll of this company.
This number will be increased as the
business reaches it's normal develop
ment and it is expected that fully two
hundred employees will be needed to
operate this plant at expected capac-
ity.
Another feature of this growing in
dustry which is most agreeab leis the
promise of year-round employment for
the citrus exchange; o. c. Lanphear,
president; H. L. Collins, secretary; H.
L. Collins, secretary Southland Co.;
]. F. Wilson, chemist and manufac-
turer; S. NJ. Stephens, citrus fruit
grower.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-05-08
NORTHERN PLANT
TO use FLORIDA
PHOSPHATE ROCK
New Jersey Fertilizer Factory Will
Depend On This Section For
Important Ingredient

L. Smiley of Philadelphia. is leav'
ing Lakeland today after a short bust
ness trip here as the representative
of |. p. Thomas & Sons of Philadel-
phia, who expect to open a fertilizer
liant in New Jersey with a license
to manufacture under the Kreiss pro-
cess to which the non-acid fertilizer
and chemical company of Lakeland
nave South Florida rights. Mr.. Smil'
ey is here to secure information and
prices on South Florida phosphate
rock. which will be used in the New
Jersey plant. The factory expects
TO turn out 100 tons day of the fin
ished fertilizer.
Mr.. Smiley spoke Interestingly and
enthusiastically of the Lakeland pro
ject.
The Lakeland plant has the ideal
location" he said land is very TO-.
tUnate in having Mr.. Memminger anr
Mr.. Deem in the project" He went
on to explain that the local concern
is almost inside the largest phos-
rhate mining section in the world,
and is inside the greatest fertilizer
using section of the country, and is
near to ports. In regard to the last
point, Mr.. Smiley believes that
large export bushes will develop on
the non-acid fertilizer and that the
local company will he the logical
leaders in this trade. both on account
Of the location and because it has
men with it who know the foreign
trade and foreign conditions. He
said further:
MIR. Memminger and Mr.. Deem are
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-05-08

Wholesale quotations for Saturday,
May 6. 1922. reported to State Mar.
keting Bureau. All st. James building,
Jacksonville, Fla:
jacksonville
Brisk demand and movement on
fancy commodities; no change in quo.
tations; beans, green corn, okra, pine.
apples, oranges, lines, wanted
New York City
Potatoes. twenty-six Florida, nine.
teen Others. moderate demand, steady,
Rose 4, bbls, Is, $6.50@7O0; mostly
1913; rs, $3.75@425; mostly, $500;
cabblers, Is. 5000; Is, $500.
Tomatoes-Fourteen Florida, and
steady; crates, fancy, $4.00M450;
mostly S425; choice, $3.25@3.50.
String Beans-Three Florida, elev-
en- Others, slightly weaker; Floridas,
hampers, few sales, green, wax, best,
$3.506D4.00; poorer, low as $3.50.
Celery-One Florida, prices I'M
changed
Cukes-Twenty-s seven Florida, lin
tied demand. slightly weaker; crates,
fancy, $200@2.25; choice, $1.25@1.50.
Peppers-One Florida, and slightly
weaker; crates, fancy, $3.25@3.50;
few, high as $500; choice, $2.25@2.50.
Boston
Oranges-Four cars, steady; brights
and goldens, $7.5OZ.25.
Grapefruit-One car, firm; brights
and goldens, mostly $4.50@5.00.
Cukes-One car, steady, hampers,
fancy, $250D3.00; choice, $1.50@1.75.
Tomatoes-Nine cars, weaker, West
Coast stock arriving mostly in green
condition; crates, choice, many green,
$3.O0@3.5O.
Peppers-Good demand; per crate,
fancy, fair quality, $4.00@4.25; few
fine quality, large, $5.00@5.25.
Eggplant-Poor demand; per crate,
fancy, $2.O0@250.
Potatoes--One car. steady: Rose A,
bbls, Is, $500; rs, $500; Bliss Tri-
umph, bushel hampers, Is, $3.50.
Philadelphia
Cukes-One car, steady; hampers,
fancy, $500; choice, $3.50.
Potatoes-Eight cars, steady; Rose
4, bills, Is, 1928; rs, $3.50; cobblers,
half bbl., crates, Is, $2.75 rs, $500.
Tomatoes-Four cars, firm, crates
fancy, $3.7504.50; choice, $3.00@4.O0;
gems, $3.50.
String BeanS-amperS, green, wax,
$2.50@3.5O.
Celery-One car, not quoted
Cincinnati
Beans-No arrivals, supplies light
market strong, no jobbing sales re-
ported.
Cukes-No arrivals, supplies light
steady. no jobbing sales reported.
Potatoes-Eight Florida, slow move
ment, slightly weaker; Rose 4, bills,
Is. $500; few, 1925; rs, $500; few,
S4.25; $50 pound sacks, practically no
demand or movement.
pefruit-No arrivals, market
firm; brights and goldens, $4.35@46O;
fair, greenish, $3.35@3.SO.
Oranges-Two lorida, steady; Val
encias, brights and goldens. $3.50
$50; fair, greenish, $6.25@6.90.
Chicago
ranges-Higher; brIghts, $500
SIS; few low as $3.50; goldens, rang
ing Csc under brights.
apefruit-Higher; brights, $3.50
@5.75; few, $625; ordinary condition,
ranging $500; goldens, about 30c I'M
der brights; russets, 35c under gold
ems.
Peppers, Eggplant, Beans, Celery
Steady, unchanged.
Cukes-Strong, boxes dozen, fancy
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-05-08
TAXING A HEAVY GRADE

Railroad officials have become
much interested of late in the gaso-
line-propelled type of railway car.
A number of short line railroads
have been operating passenger
cars of this type successfully for
several years but it is only recent
~ that the gasoline rail coach has
come to attract wide attention on
the part of railroad men. hot only
operators of short line railways,
but officials Of the country's larg-
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-05-08
WHITE RAIL CAR AT
GREAT FALLS VA.

citation held recently in Washing
ton, D. C. 1t is the second gaso-
line rail car to be placed in service
by the New Jersey road.
The car was driven under its
own power over the Pennsylvania
railroad from Philadelphia to
Washington and with various -ai!-.
way officials as passengers, made
daily runs during the convention
over the tracks of the Washirg ton
& Old Dominion Ry. from Wash
ington to Great Falls and Blue,
mont, Va.
The car has a seating capacity
of Al and baggage compartment
directly in the rear of the driver
who controls the car from the
right-hand side. The body which
is Of semi-steel construction is
mounted on a new rail car chassis,
built by The White Company, truck
manufacturers, Cleveland, Ohio.
There is a four-wheel pivotal truck
in front and two wheels in rear. 1t
is governed to a speed of 30 miles
per hour. l.. -...---4-..j
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-05-08

est transportation systems. TIE
rail car makes its greatest appeal
as the result of its simplicity and
operating economy.
The latest and most improved
type of gasoline rail car * shown in
the accompanying illustration. The
car, which is owned by the Union
Transportation Company, of New
Egypt, N. j., was the feature ex-
hibit at the convention of the
American Shortline Railroad asso-
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-05-08
Made In Lakeland Products

THE SOUTHLAND COMPANY is Incorporated under
the laws Of Florida for 100000. Shares 500
each, worcestershire.
THE COMPANY owns modern factory building of
brick construction built in the best possible manner
which is equipped with specially made machinery
and apparatus for making its exclusive products 1t
also owns adjoining lots with $50 feet of constructed
private trackage which provides for all future ex-
pansion of factory buildings.
SOUTHLAND Is A GOING CONCERN with almost
unlimited possibilities; with large orders now on
hand But in order to meet this new business more
capital must be had. So the Company now offers
400 shares of its Treasury Stock at SIPS per share.
for the purpose of expanding its business. Without
doubt this will be the last stock ever offered for
sale as the foundation will be such that the future
financing will be handled without further stock is
sue. We hesitate to even estimate what the final
value per share will be. but confidently and reason
ably expect i will be into the hundreds of dollars if
not the thousands and without speculative value
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-05-08
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR LEAVE TO
SELL MINORS LAND

NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR LEAVE To
SELL MINORS LAND
Notice is hereby given that on the oath day Of
March, A. D. 1922, l will apply to Honorable
S. L. Holland, county Judge in and for Polk
county. State Of Florida, at his office in Bar
tow, in said county. for an order AUTHORIZING
me. as guardian of Robert NJ. Hardeker. the
minor heir of Edwin Hardeker. deceased. to
sell at private sale the following real estate
belonging TO the estate Of said minors, same
being in Polk county. Florida. to-wlt:
Two acres in the Southwest corner of North
east quarter Of Southeast quarter of Section
"a, Township % South. Range 90 East same
running North one acre an0 East two acres
Lot 167, being at Northeast corner Of Ham
bury Avenue and Sixth Street in Acton South
half Of Southwest quarter of Section a.
Township q South, Range % East less right
Of way Of Pemberton Ferry Branch Of South
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-05-08

Florida Railroad Company, same being 100 feet
from center Of track on each side, and less
Northeast quarter of Southwest quarter of
Southwest quarter; Lots and In BLOCK IL
Of Shipman's Survey Of Lakeland. and South
half Of Northwest quarter and Range "a East.
Said minor has an undivided interest In
said property. Such application to be based
upon petition now on file In the office Of said
judge.
This Is day Of February, 1899.
LAROME HARDAKER,
No. 554 Guardian.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-05-08

IN COURT OF COUNTY JUDGE OF POLK
COUNTY. FLORIDA.
Adna S. and Anna B. Benedict,
both deceased.
To all Creditors, Legwees, Distributes
against said Estate:
You, and each of you, are hereby noti-
fled and required to present any claims
and demands which you, or any OF you
may have against the estate OF A. S. and
A. B. Benedict, deceased, late Of Polk
county, Florida, to the Undersigned J. r.
Boulware, Executor of said estate, within
two years from date hereof.
Dated March 9th. AID. 1922.
j. R. B0ULWARE. Executor.
No. 55s Lakeland, Fla.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-05-08
SOUTHLAND
Sweet Grapefruit Punch

A new and delightful citrus
fruit CONNECTION used as an after
dinner candy or for parties or
receptions. 1t has a super-taste
all its own, also acts as tonic
and appetizer.
Put up in sanitary packages to
retail at 5 cents
Also in ", / and Glib. packages
IL lb. slide top wooden box
mailed to any point in U. s.
parcels post paid for $1.00.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-05-08

Polk county, but we hope in another
year to come up to the record of
Alachua county, which this year has
eighteen. Polk county is larger than
Alachua and can send as many as
Alachua if everyone tries.
Yours truly,
PAULINE GRIFFIN.