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The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1922-06-16
Another Fence Argument

Captain ". Yancey Carter, a prom
inent resident of the Lake Gibson
neighborhood, has some views on the
free range question: which he ex
pounds in his usual clear and direct
style, and one phase of the matter
as set forth by Captain Carter give.
side of the question which we be
lieve has not been given much con
sderation.
There is not hog thief or a cat
tie thief in the county" says Captain
Carter, that doesn't favor the opc"
range. OF course" he continued
with a smile. "all who favor it AZ,
not thieves. but am saying that at
the hog and cattle thieves do favo
it,"
He claims that men with wagon.
have gone through his neighborhoor
gathering up stray hogs for the mar
ket Naturally man will pick M
hog off free range with fewr
twinges of conscience as well as L.,
fear of consequences than he woulr
have if he went through man
fence to get it. He probably dooo".
know exactly whose hog ii is. He
does know that no one is keeping ar
eye on it, neither is there anyone
to ask the question What are W
doing on my premises?"
Furthermore, as has been shown in
numerous law cases, it is not easy
for the owner of stolen animal to
identify it so positively as to estab-
lish his right to the animal He
doesn't see his cattle often and
in spite of the so-called Identification
marks, he can not always prove the
animal is his. Certainly. he has
small chance of proving his owner
ship of an animal that has been sold
and slaughtered before he knows il
is gone.
That the o0en range system is
protection TO thieves of hogs and cat
tie would seem to be self-evident. and
a matter worthy Of being taken into
consideration It is worthy of being
considered. rot only as question of
public morals by the people at large
but as matter Of personal interest
by the cattle owner, who in figuring
ND e cost Of "fr2C" rangn must
count in the damage done by ticks
a n a tho lOcc cu-trfr.1 tbro,,,h
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1922-06-16

The sudden death Sunday of Hon.
W. W. Clark of Wall Springs, mem
her of The State Road Department, is
a real loss to all of the state and
especially TO southern Florida whore
he was known for the man he was.
Quiet. unassuming modest and
with heart and conscience that beat
in unison with humanity and right,
there was never a call for help. new
er a cry of anguish that reached his
ear, which was ever attuned to catch
the faint"st need of a fellow pilgrim.
which did not meet an immediate re-
Spouse from Mr., Clark. Many a
check OF ten. fifty and a hundred
dollars has The Tribune received
from this good man for causes that
needed help, with the strict forbid
ding that his name should not be di-
yulged.
We know of no finer, filter tribrt"
that could be paid his memo~v t'r0
the beautiful words of Whittier in
"Snowbound:"
How many a poor mans blessing
went
With thee beneath the low ""o,n
tent
Whose curtain never Outward
swings,"
As a believer in. and helper to-
ward the development Of his state
and section, there was no man his
superior. His earnest. persistent and
Intelligent efforts as the momhcr
from this district of the state Road
| Department resulted IN much being
done for south Florida. while his
I rairmindedness, and his anxiety to
see the whole state developed was
the cause of much of the hroad-mind-
ed policy of the board charged with
highway construction in this state.
The Tribune sorrows at his death
and would lay tins wreath on the
memory Of the man whom all the
section loved Cor his real worth
Tampa Tribune.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1922-06-16
As LONG Is RE,IORLI

The Punta Gorda Herald asserts
that Fort Myers has not. as stated in
The News recently. discovered that
State Road No. , is the shorter road
between Arcadia and Fort Myers. de-
claring that Fort Myers papers have
said nothing about such a discovery.
Then the Herald, forgetting its open
ing statement, continues. quoting
from the Fort Myers Press, which
says: Another interesting fact in re-
latiOn to this road (the one to Wood
row. which is being surfaced) is that
when completed it will give Fort
Myers three courses to Arcadia: the
state Road No. BY way of Olga
bridge; the short cUf via Punta Cor
da which saves four and half miles
and across the Caloosahatcheo at FIT.
Myers viz Woodrow. which SAVES
SIN MILES" Nov who saws they
haven't discovered something ?"-Ar-
cadia News. Things sill seem to be
gc1Ooev in the News think factory. I
The News stated that il had been
discovered in Fort Myers that State !
Road Number Two is the shorter
route between Fort Myers and Arcad-
ia. State Road Number Two. be il
known, crosses the Caloosahatchee at
Olga. making a sort of fsh-hoOk .
bend, and it's about % miles from
Fort Myers to the point whore it,
finally unwinds itself and takes a :
straight course through the prairie
BY crossing the river at Fort Myers
on the bridge that will be a part of
state road five and following the
road north of the river to the point
where Number Two starts to do the
contortion act. it may be possible to
save two miles, though we doubt il !
hut the point which should be noted
is that if this is possible il is mad"
so by following State Road Nunlb"rl
Five abort one mile and keeping CT
State Ro"d Numhor Two for about ."
miles which stll leaves Number
Two the longer route by just as much
as it was before. Howsomever, any
one who wants TO go by way of Num-
Der Two has our full permission to
do so, whether it's 40 miles shorter
or 40 miles longer
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1922-06-16
THAT ST., OOO,O SURPLUy,

Secretary Mellon is certainly the
modern wonder wizard of finance.
BY. simple twist of the wrist he
changes a deficit into a surplus.
thus:
There is an admitted threatened
deficit of $24,O0O,OoO for the fiscal
year ending June 80, 1922. Within
that period $71,OO0,OOO obligations
fall due. BY postponing the pay
ment of these obligations until next
year the Secretary Of the Treasury is
able to make it appear that there will
be a surplus OF $47,000,0O0.
This is the same kind OF financial
sleight-of- hand by which 100000
is put in the list OF ~Savings" OF
the Harding administration when
s17.OOO,OOO of Pittman Act certifi-
Gates fell due and were not paid.
Secretary Mellon has already ad-
mitted that there will be a deficts Of
s4S4.OOO,OO0 for 1928, but this does
MOI include proposed $5O,00O.00O
for Mr.. Lasker or $75,000.O00 for
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1922-06-16

statute books certain measures which
ire designed TO protect rather than
to hinder individual liberty.
For instance. such laws as pro-
tect the holding of public worship
from interruption must be preserved.
The churches are the foundation of
American civilization, and they must
be fostered and protected. The
churches do not need any civil law
20 compel attendance at their seIv-
ices, but they do require legislation
which gives them the right of way at
the hours of their services. The
state is even more dependent upon
the churches for the moral stamina
which they maintain in the commun-
ity and which is probably the one
greatest factor in the preservation of
law and order.
Likewise, the conduct of all gen
eral business seven days in the week
is no more advisable than child labor
or a fourteen hour working day.
Physical law teaches us that nature
requires regular periods OF rest ara
recreation to build up strength and
to conserve bodily energy. The hui /
man mind can devise no better plan
than the divine Creator did when He |
set aside one day each week in
which man is to cease al unnecessary
labor. The Sabbath was made Tor
man"--for his betterment and not
Tor his detriment.
In our eagerness, therefore, to pre-
serve our right and privilege of free
sabbath let us not condemn those
avs which are the very foundation
If that freedom. No far-seeing man
wants to obstruct the churches in
heir progress, or to make it possible
or unnecessary business to be con-
iucted on Sunday; yet the abrogation
Of all Sunday laws would eventually
react to that end.-Tampa Times.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1922-06-16
sunday Laws

In the agitation over Sabbath leg
islation which has been waeod ma
ronally for the last year and locally
FOR the Last month to the great salts
faction of feature and headline writ
"rs. rorn'0r di~0nnroval of blue
laws has become so widespread that
many persons now advocate doing
away with any form Of Sunday legis-
lation. The movement has assumed
such proportions that it bids fair to
b" successful Some features of il
however are apt to have reaction
of most undesirable nature.
Few people of the present day are
80 tntolerant that they would vote
10 prohibit the sale OF soft drinks or
the INDULGENCE in harmless amuse-
mentS on the sabbath There is lit
tie danger that such an act will ever
be passed with public sentiment SO
overwhelmingly against il. But
there is danger that in our anxiety
to prevent the nuisance of petty
blue laws" we will strike from cur
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1922-06-16

The Tampa Board of Trade has
unanimously endorsed T. Ed Bryan
of this city for the place on the State
Road Department made vacant by
the death of the late Hon. w w.
Clark.
Mr.. Bryan is somewhere between
. Chicago and Tampa. enroute home in
his automobile, and the endorsement
of him for the place was made with
out his knowledge or consent I'm
til he reaches Tampa and approves
o" disapproveS what has been done
Tampa. and The Tribune, will CON
slider pledged TO him and will ho1f
in allegiance the requests received
from other men and other bodies for
endorsement of some one else.
So far the following names have
been presented TO The Tribune fo,
its endorsement: f. D. Treadwell.
prominent lawyer and business man
of Arcadia; L. l.. Bean, prominent
banker and good roads enthusiast
1 VI NtdNC' ANN a. " dlpOlt
prominent business man and devc'-
oper. Sarasota; T. Ed Bryan, and J
a. Glove, well known business mer
and active workers for good roads
Tampa.
From his connection with the vari- |
ous constructive organiza tons in the |
state. and from his intelligent inter |
est in. and practical experience with |.
road matters NJr. Bryan appears p
his time, as the strongest possibility |
FOR the place. He is certainly with
Dut superior in his faithfulness H.
his section, and in his absolute fair
ness to al the state. In addition, he |
knows the needs of the people an" |
has no little knowledge of the best |
means of serving them.
The appointment must be made
rom the congressional district repre- |
'ented by Mr.. Clark. and that give
eleven counties the right to say |
about who the appointoc
shall be.
The Tribune is glad to approve the .
action of the Tampa Board of Trade |
in its recommendation of Mr.. Bryan
for the place. and it will add its urge
to that Of thousands of others. when
he arrives, TO help make sure his &C
n"ptaHce of the demand that he be a
5sprant for the position Tampa
Tribune.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1922-06-16
CLIPPED COMMENT

Here's a story published in an eX-
change which shows how greatly the
people of a community in Kansas APP
preciated their editor: In apprecia-
ton of the work of a Kansas editor
for their community 2 bunch of citi-
zenS recently presented him with a
bouquet On the same occasion a
quartet from a local church sang 2
few sweet songs and a minister made
little talk. After the minister's
talk six husky men carried the editor
from the house and placed him ten
Derby in a model 1921 plumed sedan,
and the whole town formed in parade
behind the editors expensive car.
After the parade the appreciative
crowd returned to their homes serene
in the thought of having provided
one bright day in the life of their
local news purveyor. even if they did
wait until he was dead to do it,
The Fourth Estate.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1922-06-16

Now the political lunatics have
started something for which the
whole country may one day be sorry.
1t is the proposition to make Henry
Ford president If much more is
s"id about It, it will start boom for
Ford that all hell" can't stop, Ford
is a Napoleon of business, but he has
no qualifications of craftsmanship;
and. if made president, he would
play the devil"
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1922-06-16

1t is regrettable fact that public
service, especially in small commun-
titles, is made so unpleasant by Criti-
cism, most of which is unjust and
born of pure ignorance, that it is
next TO impossible 10 get the best
type of men to serve on the various
boards. IN order to get them to do
90 i is necessary for their friends
to so to them and beg and plead that
they serve. Moved by a sense of
duty 10 their community. good men
often consent to serve. but unless
they are Of the type that cares moth
ing for the carping criticism that is
sure TO come their way, il is not long
until they are disheartened and want
to escape their unpleasant duties.
Recently one OF the city commission
Crs announced that he would not
serve longer than the term of his
Office, and another one wants TO re-
sign. Both of them are good men
and they have given much time and
thought TO the service of the people.
at time when the best minds of the
community We're needed. if ever. In
stead OF standing off and ignorantly
finding fault with the men who are
Giving their time and thought i'm
youI service, in most cases without
receiving a cent in pay. familiarize
yourself with the problems they have
to face and work out; attend the var
ious board meetings; lend a helping
hand and a word OF encouragement
instead of hindering by Indifference
or untoundod criticism. Pub
lie business should be conducted
along the same lines as successful
private business, and when it is not
the taxpayer is the loser: therefore
the best type of business men the
community affords should be en-
Couraged to serve This can be done
if the people they serve will show
more interest in public matters and
praise more and carp less
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1922-06-16

the initial bonus, S17,0O0,OOO extra
for rivers and harbors and 100000
600 extra for the navy in excess of
Gen. Dawes estimates. There is a
prospective deficit therefore, for 1929
Of $685.. 100000, and the administra-
ton is going riaht on claiming that
it is saving money, practicing econo-
my and reducing taxes.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1922-06-16

Tampa Tribune is already praising
the legislature that was elected last
week. We know Of at least one
crook" and two daughmphools who
are amongst those elected. If the
proportion holds good through the
whole list. there will be less than
fifty honest and able men in the next
legislature.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1922-06-16

Last year only the people of South
Florida were invited 10 attend Punta
Gorda's fourth of July celebration
This year the invitation is eXtendeC
to everybody in the United States
and Dominion of Canada.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-21
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS
The Cream of the Nations Hun1or

Long makes short red-Greenvi1e CO
The design the dollar
has designs n-Baltmore
Reformers have invented a they
to invent girl to it.-F1nt
OF
to make them pleasant posbeCoumba c.
Record.
There fewer fatalities the railroads But
number dropped told
price of a ticket-Akron Beacon
appointing government egg
breakfast table will
whose forebears famous Neutrality-suspicious.
France o together
ture to end war-St Paul Pioneer Press
Eggs cheaper. only had a And a
in And the might fried egg!
Chicago News
Following expenditures by legislative
enactment candidates will likely sors-those
obey the those eecedNashvle
if S powerful "they say"
skins. powerful.
Worcester Gazette.
The Germans anxious their deficiency
they their efficiency years back
Columbia Is c. Record
George Harvey speeches.
accident Hughes
resting comfortably-Chcago Post.
the Come home Romance don't know better
play that Normally kid-Jacksonvle (Fa Me
tropolis.
Daily Health Hint-When beat train a
g-succeed.-Pittsburgh Press.
French will he offer Truman
H. Newberry job his admiral?Portand Press Herald
spent year which
the disarmament conference it
will to insure Schenectady Gazette.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-21

tatives in congress and the legis-
latures may consider it safest to
bar all political propaganda from
the films than to rest content with
a situation that may be helpful to
them today but deadly to them to-
morrow"
May Be Political Issue.
But exclusion of political propa-
ganda of course is all Of the censor
ship story-its larger side lies in
the supervision of films from the
social and moral standpoint. Such
regulation of the movies ''iS a
moral, not a political ISSUE" the
Brooklyn Eagle Qnd. DEM holds,
but it may become a political is
sue if either party stands directly
or indirectly for no censorship
The film magnates, the Eagle con-
tinues, believe, or desire to have
the people believe, that censorship
bills are strike bills, and that CEN
sorship laws are not aimed at pro-
lection of private or public morals
but at putting in operation continu-
ously working milking machines 70
enrich party treasures" Produc-
erS do not look with equanimity
upon the prospect of federal cen
sorship of films" the Spokane
Spokesman Review says, yet they
realize that to avert regulation OF
| this kind they must build up pub
lie confidence and at the same time
create in congress a state of mind
unfavOrable TO a censorship bill. -
And therein, editorial writer's point
out, lies the answer to the Ques-
titon: Why Hays?
Under Director rays" declares
the Topeka Capital (Rep), the
film producers will present an or
ganized front" with which to enter
the arena of practical politics" on
the censorship issue. But whether
Hays will be performing a public
service is another question" to the
Grand Rapids Press Qnd.) for he
will be serving the interests of the
producers, and the Press asks, are
! those interests the same as the
interests of the people?" Rather the
conviction has been growing that
a wise national censorship, as OPP
posed to the bigoted and varying
local censorship, is just what the
country needs" Then there is the
question of tariffs on foreign films
in the interest" of those for whom
Mr.. Hays will be working while in
the view of the Press just such
competition is needed to spur home
producers to better. effort"
But the political development
from which the Milwaukee Journal
Und.) pleads to be spared" is
that of finding ''all the brave
heroes of future dramas Republicans
and all the mean, blackmustached
white-spatted villains Democrats"
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-21
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The most amazing vitalizer known to
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On this basis, any reader of this paper
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Send no money. but Just your name and
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You need not hesitate about accepting this
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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-21
Making the Dirt Farmer
a Banker.

That dirt farmer who figured
so largely in the 1920 campaign is
again in the political spotlight
This time he is to be legislated into
a position on the federal reserve
board, if the agricultural bloc can
put him there But President Hard
ing has made it plain to the lead
ers of that group that he has no
disposition to have nominations
made for him by legislation, as
one writer puts it. So the incident,
as many editors see it, furnishes
an excellent opportunity for the
president to assert his leadership
and authority by an unequiyOcal
scotching of the bloc's latest &C
tivity
The senate committee on bank
ing and currency reported a rec
oRlmendation that in appointing
members of the federal reserve
board the president should exercise
due regard for fair representa-
ton of the different agricultural,
commercial. industrial and geo
graphical divisions of the country
This Recommendation, as the press
views it, is quite unobjectionable
except in so far as it assumes the
executive is in need of such ad-
vice. But the agricultural bloc has
seized upon it and is endeavoring
TO amend II in such a way as would
to quote the Buffalo News (Rep1.
require the president in filling the
next vacancy on the federal re-
serve board to appoint a farmer
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-21
The Genoa Conference.

The warning note beneath the
hum of printing presses turning out
make-believe money" in Europe has
at last been needed. The plan for
a general European economic con-
ference to be held in Genoa in
March is a welcome indication to-
the Baltimore News Und.) that
Europe has come to realize that
= she is not a collection of unrelat-
ed entities but a set of interlock-
ing parts in an economic machine,
none of which will function prop
erly if the others have had their
bearings burned away" Such a
conference, including as it will both
Germany and Russia, is regarded
by the Ithaca Journal News lind
as 1.-The most important step toward
the economic reorganization and re-
construction of Europe that has
been taken since the armistice. "
And because, as the Washington
Star (Ind) declares. it will be "of
vital concern to the American
people" and the consequences,
whether its success be great or
small, will lead to every Amer
lean hearthstone and for a genera
ton will profoundly affect the we'll
being of this country" there is a
demand in the press that the United
States shall not only participate,
but shall send the ablest possible
representatives. not as an "obsarv-
err" but as a leader.
Up to now political conditions
have made such a gathering ''in-
practicable if not impossible" hut
the present economic situation is
so desperate" the Utica Press
tInd) says. that political condi-
tons. whether favorable or unfav-
orable. can no longer be allowed TO
obstruct a general conference OF