The Punta Gorda herald., 1922-08-18


urday. in the interest of State Road
No. 5, returning next day.
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Judge W. F. Cooper, after making
many improvements in his residence
on southwest Marian avenue, has the
frame up for a private garage that
will be thirty by forty feet in floor
space.
Chidester, the little son of Mr.. and |
Mrs. Chas. F. Johnson, while playing |
one day this week, fell and broke his
right arm, just above the wrist. 1t !
was attended to at once and is now
healing nicely.
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Mrs. w. L. Johnson and two small !
children were passengers on the
morning train "Wednesday for Willis
ton, where Mr.. Johnson is putting in
a truck crop. They will make their
future home there.
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H. McDaniels and NJ. Brotsky. who
have been re-silvering mirrors in this
city, went down to Fort Myers, Mon
day, where they will devote them
selves to the same work as long as
business is good there.
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Roland Hughes, who owns valu-
able orange grove property on Shell
creek, after several weeks spent here
/ looking after his own and the inter-
ests of clients, left on Saturday for
his home in Kansas City, Missouri
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Mrs. Julia r. Graham and son r.
M. Graham, Mrs. NJ. z. Rhodes and
Ferril Keith all of Sparkman, motor
ed to Punta Gorda, Monday morning,
in time for r. Nj. Graham to take
the eight o'clock train for Tampa, the
rest of the party going on to Arcadia
in their car.
J. F. O'Hanlan of Chicago arrived
here Monday, after having spent sew
eral weeks in Tampa, Key West and
other Florida towns. Having been
crippled up with rheumatism, he can
no longer live in the north and says
that he has gained thirty pounds
since coming to Florida.
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c.. f.. Cutler, r. NJ. Dunn, H. C.
McDermett and Gilbert Fox, compos-
ed a party of North Georgians, arriv-
ing here Tuesday from Jacksonville
in their motor car, spending a few
days enjoying the superb fishing af-
forded by adjacent waters and leav-
ing yesterday to return to Dalton.
Ca, going via the Tamiami trail to
Tampa, thence by the most direct
route.
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Mr.. and Mrs. Emmett Adams, ac-
companied by Misses Evelyn Ivey and
BERTHE Johns, left in their car, We'd
nesday for Orlando, from which point
Mr.. Adams was to leave via rail fol
New York, to be gone about eight
weeks. Mrs. Adams and Miss Johns
will return here after a few days
visit in Orlando, but Miss Ivey will
remain in that city, it being her
. home.
!. This is fruitful season in Punta
: Gorda for mangoes and guavas
. Hundreds of bushels Of suavas are
now going to waste where they fall
. but the mangoes are practically al
|. bought by fruit dealers from Tampa
and Ybor City. The guavas too coulo
!. be made profitable if some one with
enterprise, push and a little money
. would, at the beginning of the sea
. son, prepare to put them up in cans
and make preserves, marmalade ant
jelly from them.
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r. d. Bevill and sons, Bill anc
. Harvey. of Winfield, Alabama, were
in the city, Saturday, en- route from
. Fort Myers to Jacksonville, thence
. to their home Mr.. Bevill is superin
tendent of the Florida Exploration
. Syndicate of San Francisco, Califor
mia, and is now engaged in boring ar
; oil well near Fort Myers. He says
that they are down 500 feet and have
reached a vein of what geologists sa!
is petroleum gas. They are not only
going on with this well, but are goin&
to start three others as soon as hi
returns from his thirty-days' trip
One of his sons is in charge of the
; well in his absence.
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The trucking season is now open
; ing up, many seed beds are already
. in and others are being planted and
; the indications are that an early and
large crop will be forthcoming. The
outlook is good for the pineapple and
. orange crops. And, with the i'm
provement in the wholesale fish mar
.