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The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1922-07-28
Five Cents a Copy; $500 Year
Matter is Now in Hands of District
Engineer Who Promises Immedi-
ate action

After many months Of delay. it
seems that at last the survey of State
Road Nun Der Five Che Tamiami
traiD through Charlotte county is
about to be made by the State Road
Department. 4 misunderstanding
'arosc between the county commits
Gioncrs and the road department re-
garding the wishes Of the commits
sioners as to the survey Of this road
and this was the cause of several
months delay. Now, it seems, the
road department. understands clearly
that the people and the commission
ers wish the road department to make
surveys. plans and specifications and
estimates of the cost of Charlotte
county's portion of the road and the
commissioners have been assured
through the engineers Office that this
is going to be done-immediately.
Under date of July eighth Chief
Engineer Cooke wrote to Circuit
Clerk Blount stating that the matter
of a survey had been referred 10
ooi lltllOMfo, ulSNl 1T tIl = IhNCI L.
Lakeland, with instructions to pro
ceed as soon as possible. Under date
of July 18th the clerk received a let
ter from Mr. Hallowes stating that ne
had been instructed by Engineer
Cooke to make the survey and that he
was making preparations to proceed
Immediately. Just what Immediately
means is not clear, but it is thought
that engineers may be expected here
within the next week or two.
The matter of calling bond cleo
ton TO determine if the people Of the
county wish to issue bonds to i'm
prove this road has been held up for
half a year awaiting action of the
road department as it is planned to
build the road to conform to state
! and FEDERAL government requirements
under supervision of state and feder-
al engineers, so that Charlotte coun-
ty may participate in the distribution
of state and federal. funds provided
for roads. Once under the states
supervision, this road will be built
under the states direction, a large
portion of the cost being paid by the
state and federal governments, and
when completed to comply with their
requirements will be maintained per-
pctually without further cost to the
county. II is believed that the coun-
ty will be able and that the people
will be willing to issue bonds for
enough 10 pay its share of the cost
Of road five through the county. and
relieved of the burden OF its upFee
the regular pad tax would be suflici-
ent to keep all other roads in good
condition and 10 open and build new
ones where needed without further
bond issues for some years TO come,
and it is probable that an election
will Ec called just as soon as the
road is located and estimates furnish
ed Ey The state engineers.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1922-07-28
4 Big Melon

Tuesday Capt. Jack McCann was
displaying what is probably the larg-
est cantalOupe or muskmelon ever
raised in this section. 1t weighed
nearly II pounds, and in shape re-
sembled a watermelon. Capt. Nc
Cam says the seed were brought here
by w. F. Chidester and that it is
an east Indian variety.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1922-07-28

l.. Craig Denstcn, son of john
Densten, postmaster at Mccall, has
been conducting extensive expert
ments in radio in his experimental
station located in Baltimore, and has
perfected a system whereby it is pos
sible to have several radio receivers
as separate installations in one apart
ment house or hotel. The apparatus
is portable and could be carried in an
automobile. This apparatus works
with equal satisfaction either in the
basement or highest possible point.
There are no antema wires to be
strung in the air, and it is possible
to hear broadcast music during a
thunder storm without danger from
Tightening.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1922-07-28

For several generations the United
States of America has been ne great
est consuming country in The world.
Its people are better fed. better
clothed and better housed than those
of any other land. They use up more
of the world products per capita than
any other people.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1922-07-28
WOTHzKY may OPPOSE
TRABUE IN FALL ELECTION
This is Possibility, says Mr.. Wotil-
zky; Is Dissatisfied With Some
Recent Decisions

During the past day or so it has
be a candidate for county judge in
opposition to Judge TTabue at the
general election in November. When
asked to confirm this rumor Mr. Wo-
titZky said that it was likely that
he would run, and if he decided not to
become a candidate that he would
make an effort to have Judge T1abue
removed from office.
As is well known to many people,
Mr.. Wotitzky was looked upon as a
probable candidate in the primary
but did not run and warmly support
ed Judge Trabue, who was nominat-
ed. Remembering these circumstan-
.ces, Mr.. Wotitzky was asked why he
had changed in attitude toward the
Judge. He explained that ne was
convinced that Judge Trabue is rc
fit for the office, having reached this
conclusion after learning Of the man
ner in which the judge disposed of
some cases in his court this week,
citing one case in particular.
He says that he believes he would
have a good chance to win were he
to run in the November election as
an independent.
Incidentally, it might be mentioned
that there has been some serious talk
of Independent candidates for other
offices, there being considerable dis
satisfaction expressed with the man
nCr in which some ipcumbents have
ccted. or failed to act. recently.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1922-07-28

The longest book in the Old Testa-
ment is Psalms, in which there are
$50 chapters; the shortest is Obadiah,
which comprises only one chapter of
twenty-one verses.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1922-07-28

The swallows are very graceful
birds and are exceedingly swift fiiers.
They feed on insects which they catch
on the wing. There are five native
swallows which are common-the
cave or cliff, the barn, the bank, the
tree swallow and the purple martin.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1922-07-28

st. Louis is sometimes called a
German city. The number of natives
of Germany, 3O,O89. in 1920. was
larger than that of the natives of any
other foreign country. Russia was
second with 13,067, Ireland third
with 9,244. Italy fourth with 9,067
and Hungary fifth with 6,637.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1922-07-28

Toledo boasts of the largest gold
fish hatchery in the world. Last year
the firm controlling the hatchery
shipped twenty-five carloads of gold
fish and twenty carloads of fish
globes.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1922-07-28

Portland, through its Chamber of
Commerce, is circulating a book of
half-tone views of scenes in and
about the city, of the highest artistic
merit and printed on fine, heavy pa
per under the title. Portland, Ore
gon, City of the West"
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1922-07-28

The annual Dade county fall poul-
Try show and institute will be held at
Homestead, December 28-29. Much
interest is being displayed in this
work.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1922-07-28

1t is said that $1,7OO,OOO has been
expended during the last 100 years
in the translation of the Bible into
Chinese.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1922-07-28

Forsyth, Mo-, is to have a $4,000
bridge across the White River. Since
the building of the dam at Powersite,
the White River at Forsyth often has
been too deep to ford and too shallow
to ferry.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1922-07-28

New York City has rain, on the
average every three days, with a nor
NAL annual fall of 44.63 inches.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1922-07-28

San Antonio, Texas, is nearest
midway" on the southern route from
New York to San Francisco. 1t is
1,943 miles from New York City and
1,911 miles from San Francisco.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1922-07-28

The New Testament was first divid-
ed into verses by Robert Stevens, a
French printer, in 1851.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1922-07-28

A magpie seen near dwelling in
Scotland is believed to pretend death
to one of it's inmates.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1922-07-28

When he is painting pictures to
you, grille. about air castles, remem-
Der they are in reality hot air castles.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1922-07-28

Washington, with II population Of
437, ,571, has net Indebtedness of
$167,637.14, or So cents per inhabi-
tant. The actual amount of out
standing city bonds is S4,S73, 900, but
the district has sinking fund assets
of $4,7O7, ,OG2.S6.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1922-07-28

Among the old birds of Australia
are the black swan, the Tyre bird, the
honeysucker and the brush turkey.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1922-07-28

Los Angeles has higher death
rate from motor vehicle accidents
than any other Western city.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1922-07-28

The twenty-frst verse of the sew
enth chapter of Ezra contains all the
letters of the English alphabet eX-
cent
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1922-07-28

The Bible is now read in $50 lang
uages and by seven-tenths of the
human race.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1922-07-28

One fly has been found to carry
100000 disease germs on it's body.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1922-07-28

The ringed boar snake was VIC
shipped by the early Mexicans.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1922-07-28

No snake, frog, toad or lizard has
ever been seen in Newfoundland.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1922-07-28

Codliver oil is about 250 times as
potent in food value as butter.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1922-07-28
The Herald

Is the Oldest newspaper
published on the lower
southwest coast and the
only one in Charlotte
county.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1922-09-08
Benjanin Allen, Former
Billiard Champion, viii
Attempt To Regain Title

Seven years ago Benjamin Allen lost
the pocket billiard championship.
Now he is tuning up his eye and cue
to wrest that title from Ralph Green
leaf, present titIe-holder, in one of the
three big green table events scheduled
for the coming billiard season.
The national pocket billiards cham
pionship tourney is to be staged in
Philadelphia early in the winter.
Greenleaf will defend his title.
Allen is a Kansas City product He
broke into fame overnight by his show
ing in the worlds championship tour
ney staged at Chicago in April, 1908.
1t was his first big tourney and he
was unknown when he stepped up
with his cue for the first match Al
fred DeOre, Charley Weston and the
other formidable players proved toe
much for him, but his play gave warn.
ing that he would demand recognition
Four years later he met De Ore and
won the title from him. Allen held il
against all challengers' until 1915.
Greenleaf, now only 22 after wear
ing the crown three years, is at the tor
OF his form, apparently, so Allen will
find him a hard man to beat. But the
Kansas City gent has confidence
aplenty.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1922-09-08
PENNSY WILL HOLD
REGIONAL ATHLETIC
MEET HERE SEPT. is

Between 1000 and 1900 participants
and rooters are expected here Sept.
Is when the regional elimination ath.
letic meet of the Pennsylvania is held
at Reid field. The field is being
placed in condition for the big event.
Those coming here will represent all
parts of the southwestern region.
which includes nine operating divi.
sions. Cities to be represented in.
clude St Louis. Terre Haute, Logans-
port, Louisville, Cincinnati, Zanes-
vile, Columbus, Indianapolis, Decatur
and Richmond.
The Richmond association has ap.
pointed a committee to complete a..
rangements and is fostering and sup
porting the enterprise. Practically all
of the track and field events held will
be on the program. Tennis, swim
ming, and trap and rifle shooting will
be among the sports. Swimming
events will be held at Drawers pool,
while the rifle and trap shooting will
take place at the Pennsylvania east
yards near Hawkins pool A special
rifle range is being constructed for
the occasion
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1922-09-08
START HORSESHOE
TOURNEY IN EATON

EATON, Ohio, Sept S.-Organiza-
ton of the Eaton Horseshoe Pitchers
association has been effected, with u
teams of three men each, and a tour
nament has been inaugurated The
object of three-man team is to have
available an extra player if one mem
ber of the team is absent for some
reason.
The tournament is being staged on
two courts in the rear yard of the
Chase Derbyshire pharmacy, Main
streets. The courts are lighted with
electricity for night playing and some
of the teams in the tournament are
playing at night. A schedule of games
for the II teams has been worked out.
Team Members
Members of the dozen teams lined
up in the tournament are: Team No.
l, Harry King, Clate Phares, Ross
Beard; No. 2, Charles Clear, James
Shrack, Oakley Flory; No. 8, E. R.
Shaver, P. A. Scofield, Paul Crumbak.
er; No. 4, Bob Strobel, Walter Ammer-
man, Perry Nearon; No. 5, Dr. w. H
Buckle, DR.. ]. l. Nisbet, Bob Cox; No
6, Charles Thum, o. M. Focht, Charles
Giant.
! No. 7, Chase Derbyshire, John
Campbell, John Phares; No. 8, D. A
! Raney, William Pryor, Col. Schwing
I No. 9, Harry NJ. Fudge, Leroy Poe
John E. Wilson; No. 10, C. B. Coke
( fair, Ralph R. Raney, Stanley "Toots'
4 Campbell; No II, Wilbert Davis, M
A. Wehrley, Fred Koppee; No. u
Jake Cunningham, Charles Plummer
| Lee Giant.
Standing of the teams in the tour
nament that have played up to this
! time follow.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1922-09-08
PREDICTS ST. LOUIS
PENNANT VICTORY
tBy Associated Press)

ST. LOUIS, Sept. s.-"The time to
accept reservations for the worlds Sc
ries is about ripe" Thus Bob Quinn,
business manager of the Browns, ex-
pressed his conviction today that the
local American league team would win
this years pennant Plans for the
erection of temporary stands, he ad-
mitted yesterday, were already under
way, but he would not say when con-
struction would be started.
He said he already had been swamp
ed with requests for tickets for the
championship games, but added that
none had been issued or promised yet.
Local sport writer's agree that the
final series between the Browns and
the Yankees will be the deciding fac
tor in this years fight for the pen
nant. Three games will be played
Sept. 16, II and Is. The seasons rec
ord between the two teams favors the
Yankees, but Manager Fohl is hope
full of taking at least two of this i'm
portant series.
Face Ty Cobb
With three straight victories over
Cleveland the Browns today face Ty
Cobb and his third place Tigers. -Four
games are to be played. Mondays
game being a postponed contest.
The New York team which is trail
ing the locals by scant two points
is playing Washington at the Polo
grounds.
Urban Shocker, who has won more
games than any hurler in either league
this season, will be manager Fohls
pitching choice. Shocker has "a wins
to his credit, having won eight of the
| last nine.
| In predicting pennant for St Louis
which would be its first since 1855
| sport writer's point to the seasons al
home average of the locals, AZ won
/ and Is lost, a percentage of .724
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1922-09-08
High School Athletes Get
Workouts In Hot Weather;
Several Men Holding Out

Regardless of the fact that a few
regulars of last year are holding out
on account of the hot weather, the
Morton high school football squad is
making considerable progress under
the direction of Coach Harold NJ
Little.
Captain Jack Mattox has been get
ting considerable work done in the
way of improving his own condition
and is now in fine shape to lead the
remainder of the squad in the prelim-
mary workouts.
Weight is lacking this year, and
Little will be forced to make his team
one with considerable speed to over
come this handicap.
Uniforms will soon be ready for the
regular eleven. The jerseys will be
red with white stripes around the
sleeves.
With the opening game with Ham
ilton but three weeks away, quite a
job is on the shoulders of Coach Little,
but by the time of the game, which is
Saturday, Sept 80, he expects to have
a snappy eleven in the field to break
the defense of Hamilton.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1922-09-08
By FRANK G. mENKE

Grave rumors are in circulation In
fistiana circles that New York VIII
soon see one of the merriest little box
ing wars ever staged.
1t will undoubtedly take the form
Of promoters war, with the survival
Of the fittest
The war will likely be staged oy
Tom O'Rourke, who resigns from the
State Boxing Commission to take up
the position of matchmaker of the Re
public A. c. and Tex Richard. The Re
public will stage it's bouts in the his
toric Polo Grounds. Contracts for
larger seating capacity on the Polo
Grounds have been let Another ad
dition to the grand stand will be built
making it triple decker, while the
bleachers vii be double decker.
Of course Tex has three sites IL
which to stage bouts, but only one o.
them, Boyle Thirty Acres in jersey
City, will be able to compete with the
Polo Grounds aA far as seating ca
pacity is concerned.
Madison Square Garden, where Te1
holds his indoor fights in the winter
will only accommodate about 13,00'
fight fans, while the Veldrome, the out
door site In upper New YORK, only ndS
a seating capacity of 27,000
No Guarantees
Here's the dope. Under the rule
of the New York State Boxing Com
mission prices of seats are limited
and fighters cannot be given guaran
/ tees of fabulous purses. They canno
! receive more than a certain percent
/ age of the receipts. Tex can only &C
commodate $1,000 at the most in hi
! New York outdoor site.
The Polo Grounds with added seal
ing capacity, will be able to accom-
modate close on to $4,000 persons. L
bidding for the championship even
it is a cinch that Tom O'Rourke wi
be able to offer better inducement
to fighter to box at the Polo Groud
than Tex will be able to do to hav
the performance staged at the We
drome or Garden.
Naturally nowadays a fighter e OF
for all the coin he can get. He is goin
to lean toward the promoter who O.
\ fers him the most cash. O'Rourk
will be in a position to do this.
Tex has his Thirty Acres in Jerse
City to fall back on But Tex is ne
so keen about that site as he wa
when he staged the Jack Dempse.
Georges Carpenter fight there. II
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1922-09-08
Promoters War BetDeen
Rickard and O'Rourke Seen

made his pile on that bout. And he
staged the Wilson-Downey fight and
Tex was a disappointed man at the
outcome. He had to dig down N his
jeans to make up the deficit. He held
up Wilson's share of the purse until
the champion consented to fight Harry
Greb at the Garden.
Wilson, to get his cash for the Dow
ney affairs, signed up for this match,
and Tex had visions of making up the
loss he suffered because of the Dow
ney fiasco. But Wilson nunked out of
the match after he got his cash AS
a result he was barred from the New
York ring by the Commission, and his
title taken away from him, as far as
tnls state is concerned. until he agrees
TO fulfill the contract he flunked out
Of
Tex also failed to clean up as much
money as he expected when he staged
the Lew Tendler-Benny Leonard fight
in Jersey City. He made money, OF
course. but not the kind of money Tex
has been used to pocketing in staging
championship affairs. And then Tex
took a back seat, at least for while
! He has not been bidding for titular af-
| fairs like he did in the old days when
| he had the field for himself.
Has Worthy Rival
| Tex may wake up now. He viii
have to retain his laurels as the i'm
presario of the boxing world But in
| Tom O'Rourke he will have a worthy
rival. Tom knows the game from A
to q. In his younger days, wher
| purses were not so plentiful or as high
as these days, Tom has two gooC
meal tickets" in his stable of fight
ers, George Dixon, featherweigh
champion, and Joe Wolcott, welter
weight champion.
Needless to say, that Tom and Te,
will have a merry war in stagins
champion events Already O'Rourk,
is after a fight with Johnny Dundee
and John Kilbane, featherweigh
champion. Tom is going after tn,
champion in their lines. 1t would no
be at all surprising if he staged Harr.
Wills, the negro heavyweight and Jacl
Dempsey, in a struggle for the heavy
weight championship.
4 1t looks as if another promoters sta
is in the ascendancy Tex was 4 kin
in his day. He will not give up hi
; laurels without battle Hence figh
|, fans will be trotted to a spirited bic
ding contest between those two pre-
n1oters. The war between those tw
will soon be on
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