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3I? f tmta Punta Gorda Is the county ftat of Charlotte county. Popu lation of town, ldZO cen sus, 1,295. Increase for 10 years 23 percent. The Herald Is the oldest newspaper published on the lower southwest coast and the only one in Charlotte couniy. Punta gorda, in j topical Southwest Florida, is Advantageously Located n Charlotte Harbor, One of the Largest Land-Locked ikijs on the Gulf of Mexico, mid is Town with a Bi ight Future, Commercially and Agricnltarftlly oHune Vi. Number 4s PUNTA (JORDA, CHARLOTTK cot MY, FLORIDA, DEC. STH, ItiviJ Five Oenta a Copy; ..m a Year Charlotte County to Vote on Proposed $200,000 Bond Issue for Road No. 5 Sky the Limit for This Soldiers' Memorial PRELIMINARY DETAILS NOW BEING ARRANGED Tired of Delay, Commissioners Will Call Flection for Bonds Build Road No. Five Wins Highest Scout Honor Just soon a iby cr.n complete the uecassary preliminary details, the Board of County Commissioners will call an election to determine if the people oi Ccarlot'.e county wish to issue bonds in the amount of 1300,000 for the purpose of building this county's po'-tion of Stale Road Number Fie. This was decided at the regular Dect mber serslon of the board early tin's week, a preliminary resolution, declaring this to be the Intention of the commissioners, being passed by unanimous vote of the full board. This resolution must be pub lished for four consecutive weeks he- tore tire Doming oi mo election, anu it would have appeared In this issue of Ibe Herald were it not for the tart that the commissioners and at torney are proceeding; with extreme . care so that there will be no possi-1 billly of having to hold another clec-1 (ion on account oi some trivial tech-; nieality. It is the pliui o: the commissioners, as it is understood by the writer, to proceed with rbe necessary legal pre liminaries and in the meantime se cure plans end specifications upon which estimate- for roads of several widths may be based and have this information available in time to stive it to the voters before the election is held, and in order to do this, it appears, it will be necessary for the county to engage the services of a competent road engineer. They plan to proceed, as near as possible, in accordance with the Instructions of Chief Engineer Cocke of the Road Department, so that the county will receive full credit from the depart ment for whatever work the county does in accords. nee with stat specifi cations. At the meeting Tuesday, before "the preliminary r solution was pass ed, Mr, Whitun spoke at length in favor of limiting the proposed bond issue to 1180,000, sarins that, in his judgement, that amount would be ample to build the road in accor dance with the directions of Mr. Cocke. The ntw commissioners, who will soon take their seats, were in vited to express their views, ;;ni both Mr. Swinney and Mr. Smith respond ed by advocating an issue of I2U0,- ttOO, they taking the view that it would be better to have a little too much money than be a little short, sind it was pointed out that if this amount should bo more than needed to build the road, the sur plus could be usvd in retiring some of the bonds 'immediately. Col. Hancock, the board's attorney, read the resolution which he had been Instructed t prepare to notify the people of the proposed action of the commissioners, Mr. Whitten moved to amend it by striking; out tOO.000 and inserting 1180,000. While his motion wa.s not seconded, it caused a renewal of the discussion Which continued for about an hour, and finally ended by the resolution being adopted by unanimous vote of the board as read. The attorney was instructed to Uve she resolution careful study to wake sure of its be ing id strict b us.l form, and report to si meeting Of the board tomorrow (Sat hi day) morhinr. COMMISSIONERS HOLD BUSY TWO DAY SESSION Bonds of e Count) Officials Ap proved; Cemenl (Jim Here and W ill be I 'lit to Work Soon In impressive ceremonies, Vm. Cannon, of Los Angeles, Calif., has been awarded highest scout honors, th National medal of Honor. Des pite a terrific tide and high waves, he plunged into the sea at Honolulu last year, saving two women from drowning 'Shown here, he is wear tng his mcdaL 'Twas a False Alarm and Hugh s Tieing Henry Now Hunters Supopsed to be l.o-i Found Asleep in Bed at ( amp by Rescue Party The county commissioners met in regular monthly session Monday, all the members being present. After the usual preliminaries, the following, business was tranacted: The bond of Charles F. Johnson as notary public was approved. By consent of the state eomntrol- her, 1.1,000.00 was ordered transfer red from the fine and forfeiture to I the general fund. I .1. l. Frieraon was allowed ten dol llars for Immediate relief and was I placed on the county pension list at five dollars per month, tionus oi county oncers eieet were approved as follows: . '. Dewey, collector, $7,000.00; W. K. Bell superintendent of schools. $1,000.00; i Young Men Draw Fines for i . ii. '.I'll ii( BurilU) f flfVvViuv j S. F. J. Trabue, county Judge, $1 . 000,00; John Hawaii, assessor, II, 000,00; J. T. Swinney, county com missioner, $2,000.00; W. E. Mohley. and T. 8. Knight, members of the school board, $2,000.00 each. The matter of bonding for roads coming up for dseusson, the board's attorney was directed to prepare Lands a Big 'Silver Kitty9 Mncty-KIght Pounds "silver Kiug" i unght orr Pnnta Goixln Point Near Crow Key ii tnc rotunda ol the Mammoth Cave. Kv.. is this memorial, which can reach to the sky and still will be uncompleted. isitors to the cave will bring .stones from every State in the union to lay on it Caloosahatchee Bridge Plans A re O.K.d by Gov 't Disturbing Church Services H. J. Johnson, jr., a well known young man of Port Ogden, was brought before County Judge Trabue, Monday, charged with having b en drunk and disorderly on Sunday and with having disturbed public wor- the ship in the Baptisl church by keeping Promoters (iiveu Permission to Build Si riu Hue; Contractor Rend) to start Work on Shot I Road The first tarpon of the icason was uight Tuesday afternoon, off Punta orda point near Crow Key, eiht iles below town. h Carl L. Davis. a i - it or from Toledo, Ohio, who, with Airs. Davis, arrived si few days ago and secured rooms in the C'had wick Apartments on Sullivan street and are taking their m ;tls at the Travelers' hotel. The beautiful fish, which weighed 984 pounds, was tak en with rod and reel equipped with S Wilson spoon. Its fight lasted for over an hour. Mr. Davis Is havintr John R, Jack, the op rt taxidermist. mount his prize. SARASOTA MADIA BUS SERVICE STARTS SUNDAY Unit) Round Trio Service to be Given bj Way of Englewood smil Punta (tarda Hugh Mobley, Lick Lewis and Paul Rascii went out In Hugh's, Ford twenty miles from town, hunting on Thanksgiving day. Hugh and Paul soon struck the trail of a turkey and followed it into a swamp a Ions ways from their ramp, whereby they were unable to reach camp before night. Meantime. Leek had cone off follow ing some pig-tracks, which he mis took for those of several deer, and did not get back to camp till sunset. Not finding his companions there, he supposed that they were lost in (he wilderness, and he Jumped In the car and hurried to town to get aid in necessary preliminary resolution and present it at Tuesday's session. The request of the Boca Grande Investment Company to redeem at the face value of the certificates their hinds, which were sold in 1!I21 for the taxes of 1920, WHS granted. The clerk read a contract offered by the Atlantic Toast lane Railway Company granting the hoard, under certain conditions, the right to df On ret u rn rescue party p si fast sic finding his companion! ing to live camp, the found Hugh anil Paul the camp. Next morning, Hugh tied his Ford to a pine tree to prevent I.eck from running off with il and having him and- Paul twenty miles from town in a trackless wilderness. They did not report what game they got; and it is well that tin did jiot, for their host of friends would have clamored for a division of the spoils. If Bitter Hair Hue Slleees. During the past v.-.ek, locrl sports nien t have had splendid luck. Sev eral parties were out in the woods, some spending only a day, while oth ers catnprd two or thi-ee days. Amongst the bftgs of t:anie taken, the following may be mentioned: Hugh Mobley, Paul Rasch and I.eck Lewis bagged one dcr and one tur key. On another trip, Hugh Mobley and Jess Morgan got one deer. Coe Allen and Paul Rasch, for one day's hunt, were rewarded with two tur keys. W. B. Mobley and A. R. Slo cum brought in one deer and two turkeys. J. H. Lipscomb, J. G. Coop er and J. T. Rose tilled two deer and two turkeys. Some of the sportsmen who wantvd quail got all they de sired. Many went out for quail only and leturncd with tood bas. fords Collide A collision between Fords on Mar Ian avenue near the Methodist church, Saturday niht. resulted in con -iiK-rable damage to both cars, but no injury to the drivers, who were the only occupants. One car be long! d to C, Potter Lucas and the other to .Mr. Stevens of Acline. The exact cause of the accident was not ascertained. As Lake county is only assessed at 119,000,000 the citrus cvop repre sents 25 percent of the assessment. With vegetables, lumber, naval stores kaolin and other resources from the soil Lake county wlH produce 190 peri which they complained of th cent of Its total investment this year, i (Continued on last page) P- en thv ditch along the east side of the company's road near Acline, the object being to dfain the near-by lands which are subject to overflow from heavy rains. The contract was referred to the board's attorney for his advice, which was given Tuesday afternoon. Upon discussion, it de veloped that the railroad's offer wsis not what the board wanted, which was and is the placing under the road-bed of a culvert to carry the surplus water to the ditch on the )pposite side, which would provide I the drainage desired. No decision, j however, was reached, and the mat tvr was laid over for attention at the I I next meeting. I J. E, Skipper, cashier of the Fidel ity Trust Company, appeared before the board and stated that the bonding company represented by him asked I that the old bonds of the couniy offl rcers be canceled before issuing new bonds for the officers elected in No vember. This was agreed to, sind the security company is to send the new bonds direct to Tallahassee to avoid any delay in the officers getting th( ir commissions. Notice was given I hat the cement gun shipped from Allentown, Pa., had arrived and that the freight chaige amounted to 1191.23, which was ordered paid. There was much discussion about engaging an expert engineer to supervise the operation! of the gun in making repairs on the; Charlotte Harbor bridge, but no de-j clsion was reached. i tie cietk read a communication from thirty taxpayers of Solana, in con- the cut-out of his car running in front of the church during evening servicts. He entered a plea of quilty to both charges and was assessed a tine of 126.00 and costs in vach case. Louie Randall and Harold Thomas, companions of Johnson in his car- at the time of the offence, were arrested and, on being arraigned, pleaded guilty and had to pay each 128.67, They claimed they wi re neither drunk or disorderly, imt were mere ly in bad company. Opens Abstract Otllee M. (I. Harrison has purchased from the Florida Trust & Banking Co.. of Arcadia, their abstract books relat ing to Charlotte county and has open ed an abstract office in tin Smith building, .Marian avenue and Taylor strict. Mr. Harrison is originally from Missouri, where he had eight years' experience in the abstract business, but was engaged in business in Arcadia with one of the abstract companies there for about two years and a half. He owns property in Chriotte county on the Miakka rivi Upsets Car John Hagan, jr., just a f i e r dinner Friday, in trying to avoid i: flock ol chickens in the street, m.i h such an aoiupt turn that he ran the car into the curb and complet) ly up set it. The accident happened near i he intersection or Marian avenue s-iid Nesbit street. John escaped in Jury, but Clyde Wade, who was mi According to dispatches from Fort Myers, published in the daily press few days ago, the government lists j t-:i promoters of the propose! Co loosahatchee river bridge at Fort My ers permission to proceed with the : building of this important structure, and they an' planning to start work ;in the near future, engineers being i on hand now to make estimates and (arrange details before letting the ' contract. According to the same dispatches, the contractors who were awarded 1 1 lie contract for building Lee coun ty's portion of the short route road between Punta Gorda aud Fort .Myers Is on the ground making final ar rangements io begin actual construc tion of the road, which la a part of State Road Number Five, and when completed will link Fort Myers end Punta Gorda and reduce tin distance thRt must be traveled between there i laces more i han one-half. A report brought here from Fori Myers Is to the effect that a prom- Hnenf citizen of that place stated in a public meeting that he had been told by a prominent citien of Punta I'iordsi that Charlotte county bad abandoned the short-cut road project, being unable to build the road. Ac cording to the Punta Gorda man who ivas credited by the Fort .Myers cill jzen with this statement, what he said was that this county could not com ply with the reqtiln menta of the Fed- b Establishment of bus servict l ween Arcadia and Sarasota by way of Bnglewood and Punta oorda is announced by w. B. Rusher, of Sara sota, who will put the first bus in si rvlce next Sunday. His line is to be known as the Yellow Bus line and trips are to be made daily after next Sunday. According to Mr. Rusher, who made mi inspection of the roadj a fOW days ago, the bus will leave Sarasota at 6:30 a. m, each day. ar riving In Arcadia at 12:30 p. am. The .ri i urn n ip will start at 1 p. m. Mr. Rusher says he believes 'the bus line will till a long-felt need of both Arcadia and Sara ota, for a quick and easy means of communica tion. Tlie bus used will seat twelve persons. This lervlce will, no doubt, be of cleat convenience to the peopl. of Murdock, McCall, Gasparllta and other points on the islsmds and along the coaal In reaching Punta Gorda. for notwithstanding the fact that thee points are not far removed, the trip is an Inconvenient one, at present. I I Its 1 MUUTING OF TOI RIST CLUB WAS WELL ATTENDED to get the in-eommis-ahead ut road as ,000; so l in it! d a painful left Isftoi s book has Ibuie of the convenience Invited to May Registt i been placed Presbyterian Of the to eglster th ?d in i he an church j l lists who I Ir namei eral government necessary Federal aid, but that it wa ti rttlon of i 1m pi ople and doners of this county (o go a once and build as good si would be possible with $2oo. u appears that there was not of actual truth in the statei it is said to have been modi Fort My. is meeting. CONSIDERABLE INCREASE IN COUNTY'S RESOURCES Thirty-five Made for Present; Plans i; m a Good 'l ime Hut iii. This Winter their home address, an dress. An opportunity is Sabbath and Wednesday register. Taxes Tills Vear Will Total Ibouf si 07,000 Against HWi.ooo lor I, list Vein- The first meeting of the Punta Gorda Tourist Flub, Tuesday even ing, was well attended, thirty-five being present, and the interest mani fest Indicates that the club will be fully as large this year as last, which was a banner year. Both old and new faces were in e1der.ee and new members were admitted, In the absence of 1 resident Mc Afee, Mrs. tioldie, vice president con ducted the meeting. The minutes of the last meeting, last April, show ed that the club is in ood financial condition. The chairman appoil ti "s w hich w in arrang entertainment tor ti T Croesus, king of Lydia. from to 5tC B. ('., is known as the 1 ii monarch of ancient times. CI 1 1 axe! ; blv Fifty Thousand Dollars For a Strawberry Plant j PL Meade shipping Vegetables Cucumbers, egg plant, and other vegetables are being- - hipped from Ft. Meade now, and Iarg4 shipments are expected to be tent out in the next lew weeks. arlotte for tbi mere t i o Increased onal proper i'l bast the charged to tin lection is larg on than for la Last yvar (Ii i s charged to coibct ion was county s inconu year will be ci 'ii for last year, roiue of ival ar f within the co total amount ol ! lax collect or by nearly nt year. ie total sun uirv o the tax collecto 191,152.41; this lug in x t o'clock. he use c Ollimfl let rhl 11 and ram will Tut Mrs sd ay 1 D'Art er hoi be All Ii for 16.( tax- hi 01 bo Frank E. Deatty, of Three Rivers, Michigan, has Jet a record price for strawberry plants. He paid Harry Rockhill, of Conrad, Is-, $50,000 for an everbearing plant which has taken fourteen years to develop. The berries grown on this riant are gigantic. Mr. Beattyhas named it the Rockhill berry the total amount is $15,878.51 in execs The Increase was 1 mainly by placing on property that did not prcv , pear or was erroneously siss Juatnmnta of assessments far too low, and the placil books for taxation properly increased in value by reasi provements or other causes It Is not expected that th lector will collect 100 percent of the money charged to htm. but last year taxes collected came near that mark, and tax redemptions from Other years, which are coming In all the time, will operate to bring the total income to near this figure. tenai join the nent, eel ill I conimit ni usic and ular meet ing, at 7:30 Indly offered 0 the music ay evening, 1 of the pro- wlntering in Punta iity sue cordially in members of the club. aiu ays wi loomed at club. The invitation to citizens of Punta r me I with the club programs of music and which are a fvature of T 'in h ' of the club. remembering the pleasant times they spent here, brought friends with them to enjoy the delightful climate orda hospitality. .1 I ' ar, a (, ol- Women of the Ish of Man believe the eating of carrots Is a specific for Jeatouay and bad temper. (Jeorge Vobst'a House cm According to the Fort Mjvrs 1 .cws, George Yobst s house. Marlboro section of Charlotte was destroyed by fire last The loss is about $500. Ac- the .'i ws, thy house woods Ores, but neigh- know who is responsi- Tropit in the inn n 1 y week. cording to caught from bors claim to ble, but haven't any proof. The barn and outhouses were saved. tin ient (iiUgel is Article oi Fnmmrii tc mentioned in the ancient Roman traffic lists and w as introduc ed into the Island of Jamaica from !n L's-.st fudies by t!:e Spaniards.