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HUNT LOHO FOR
AIRPLANES SPY
OUT HIDDEN FISH
Schools That Escape the Eye in
Crow's Nest Readily Seen
From Plane.
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Specials This Week
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Hidden Treasure Has Lured Men
to Toil for Half Century
on Iowa Farm.
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and if in your opinion this is not the best flour you
have ever used we authorize him to return your
money willingly.
Murder of Man 46 Year Ago Brings
Strange Character! Into
Court Mystery Yet
to Be Solved.
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NC-4 AT JACKSONVILLE.
Thousands See Big Plane Which
Crossed the Atlantic.
JACKSONVILLE, Oct. 29 Before
a throng of Jacksonville people, the
thousands vho lined the water front
f.om Market street to Commodores
Point, while hundreds more who crow
ded box cars and other vantage points
in the Ticinity of Market street, Lieut.
Commander Albeit C. Read piloted
the United States navy's famous NC
i, first heavier than air craft to cross
t:;e Atlantic, safely to anchor in the
S;, Johns river yesterday afternoon at
5:15 o'clock.
The hour announced for the NC-4
to reach this city was 4:30, and by
that time every available point in the
vicinity of Market street was packed
vith waiting people anxious to see
tnis mighty plane, the largest as well
ha the most famous craft in the world.
Then, low in the eastern horizon, a
black speck appeared which gradual
ly grew larger until against the clear
blue sky directly over the city about
3,000 feet high, cpuld be seen the real
colossus of modern air craft. A blast
of whistles and the screams of si
rens broke loose along the watei.
front. Amidst the cheers and eager
(faze of Jacksonville people. Lieut
Commander Read circled his plane
over the city several minutes before
ho made a perfect landing in the St,
Johns river opposite Market street.
. Daily Thought
There Is no better ballast for keen
ing the mind steady on Its keel and sav
ing It from all risk of creaklness than
business. Lowell.
SPECIALIST LOCATES HERE.
Dr. C. Wade Page, ey&, ears, notfe
and throat specialist will open offlc.es
in the State Bank Building on Novem
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Bedford, la. The mystery of a hid
den treasure, a mystery that has puz
zled the people of southwestern Iowa
for half a century, has been brought
nearer solution by. an Investigation
which has shown how a little group
of picturesque characters of that sec
tion of the state toiled for years In
quest of riches buried, according to
tradition, on the Klondike farm. The
evil spglt the burled treasure ' has
worked upon those Intimately connect
ed with It has held to the last. One
by one. the fortune hunters are pass
ing from the stage, their dreams end
ing In misery or poverty.
Lying 15 miles southwest of Bed
ford, la., Is the Huntsman farm, and
adjoining It is the Anderson home
stead. Pitted with holes and scarred
with many excavations, the farms
prove the arduous toll of men driven
by dreams of gold. FIrst',it was Dr.
(3. R. Huntsman and .lire brother,
Bates, who searched for the treasure.
Now It Is Bates and his two sons
and their families.
Searching for the Treasure.
Samuel Anderson moved to Iowa In
the early seventies. Soon after he lo
cated on the farm Anderson received
a call from the Huntsmans, who told
him that tnere was a lot of gold buried
on the place and that they wanted to
dig for It. Anderson was. asked to
aid In the work. For nearly a quarter
century the three dug, plowed and ex
cavated. One day 17 years ago the searchers
uncovered three stakes set In a direct
line pointing to a spring. Anderson,
Inspired by the vision of his share1 of
the fortune, dug on- feverishly. He
first came onto some white sand that
he knew was not common to that part
of the country. Anderson then uncov
ered a big rock, under which was a
metal box. One of the Huntsmans
told Anderson that he could go, prom
ising him his share of the fortune
when the money was counted. He
never saw the box again nor learned
of Its contents. - . . .
Soon after the discovery of the
metal box the elder Huntsman died
suddenly. Samuel Anderson, weary
ing of long waiting for his share cf
the treasure he believed he had uncov
ered, filed a suit against Bates .Hunts
man, asking pay for his years of toil.
So peculiar was his tory that state
officials became Interested. An Inves
tigation followed, and other jiersons
acquainted with some of the circum
stances of the affair were found. One
of these was Maria Collins Porter of
Quitman, Mo who Spent her girlhood
in the vicinity.
The woman's story seemed to throw
clear light on the source of the treas
ure the Huntsman's had sought so
long. The story, too, seemed to link
tho treasure with the hoard found In
the cabin of old Dr. A. M. Golliday of
Bedford, whose body was found In his
cabin 11 years ago. It was a story of
a murder gang, of stolen thousands, of
a crime committed so far back In time
that even the identity of the 'victim
was a matter of uncertainty.
Held on Murder Charge.
Following swiftly upon the story' of
Maria Collins Porter came the direst
of Bates Huntsman, Sam Scrivner, a'
rich farmer, and John and Hank
Damewood. They were charged with
the murder of a man of unknown iden
tity, presumably a rich cattle buyer
from Missouri, 40 years ago. Even be
fore the trial began speculation as to
the Idontlty of the murdered man be
came rife. Although there were found
to be many contradictions In the evi
dence presented by some of the wit
nesses the case of the; state might
have proceeded further but for one of
the primary technicalities of the law
of homicide. The state could not es
tablish the existence- of the man al
leged to have been killet The young
attorney for the aged defendants only
had to move that the case be dis
missed to have this action taken. '
Flight Made by Navy Craft Bares
Worth 'as Locator and Time
Saver Act as Guide to
Steamers.
' New York. A new use for air
planes had been found. Schools of
fish for which the, fishing fleets along
the coast may search vainly for days
can be detected from a seaplane, ac
cording to a report by W. W. Welsh
of the bureau of fisheries. ,
TheTeport of Mr. Welsh followed a
trip he made in a naval seaplane from
the Cape May naval air station. The ' r
flight was made at from 500 to 1,000
feet and at a speed of TO miles an
hour. At the time of the flight no !
schooling fish were breaking water on
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from the crow's nest of a vessel or
from fishing piers.
"The plane ascended rapidly to
about 800 feet, and most of the trip
was made at that altitude," Mr. Welsh
reported. "Few schools of fish were
seen at first, but as my eye grew ac
customed to the conditions many small
schools of menhaden were observed,
all moving at some depth, and none
of them breaking water. Some schools
were so near the surface that they
appeared as a reddish brown granu
lar mass, ameboid In character and
changing form constantly.
Large Schools Observed.
"Deeper schools had the appearance
of large masses of sunken gulfweed,
and others were so deep that they !
could be distinguished phli'flv hv the i
shadow they caused on the suspended
particles In the water. From a com-
farlson with other objects seen at
nown depths it is estimated that the
depth of the schools varied from
about two feet to ten feet, or posr
slbly more.
., "One- school of silver fish was ob
served betaking water. Those were
possibly wenkfish, certainly not men
haden, as they lacked the characteris
tic color of the loter. A- school of
porpoises was clearly seen and could
be followed under water.
The most evident' Opportunity for
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WOMAN STIRS POLITICS.
Orlando Interested In Outcome of Her
Race for Office.
ORLANDO, Oct. 29 Municipal
politics grow warmer anymore intei-esting-as
the day of the primary, ap
proaches. The candidacy of Mrs. Al-
the practical use, of aircraft lnthejton B. Whitman, for the office of. city
eoBimerclal fisheries at the present ' ccmissiorir,. Ihas thrown a mon
key wrench into the machinery so fatu
as Some of the other candidates are
concerned and the votes of thft women
and many of the men are now an un
certain quantity. Old politicians
who have always thought they knew
how to align the mass of Orlando vo-
.ters on election day have to admit
time lies In their employment as scouts
for the purse-feine fishermen, In the
pursuit of such specles as menhaden,
mackerel, bluefish, bluebacks, kyacks
and other schooling fish. In the case
of the spring mackerel fishery It Is
believed that the use of aircraft would
save much time In locating the fish
upon their first appearance and In en
abling the fishermen to keep in touch 'tllat giving the right of suffrage to
wini me nsii us iney appenreu iuruier
north. The chief service rendered
registration of the woman's vote and
for promulgating any information
needed by the ladjes-in order that
they' may all vote and vote intelli
gently. The call for the mass meet
ing js signed by Mrs. W. R. O'Neal,
president of the Equal Suffrage
League and afso by the presidents of '
the W. C. T. U. and the various clubs
and societies interested in the elec--tion.1
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ASKfNG ABOUT FLORIDA.
More Inquiries Regarding State Than
Any Other In Country.
would be notification of fishermen of
the general vicinity of the schools and
It would require actual trial and prac
tice to determine how much could be
done In directing the fishing vessels to
particular schools by means of radio
telephone or other methods of signal
ing. ;
Most Promising Field.
"It would appear that the menhad
en fishery offers, the most promising
field for experiment In this direction.
In the case of a region like the mouth
of . Chesapeake bay, where there are
large menhaden interests, and where
tKfre Is a naval air station convenient
ly located, the conditions would seem
the women and placing a womn can
didate in the field for one of the prin
cipal offices has upset their calcula
tions until they are up in the air as
tc results and combinations. Mrs.
Whitman has published in the local
papers a statement of her principles
and with no special friends to reward
i'nd no enemies to punish she will, if
elected, assume any duties assigned
her by the law or the customs of the
sanitary department of overseeing
JACKSONVILLE. Oct. 29 A fea
ture of the meeting yesterday of the
agricultural agents of the railroads in
Florida, held in the office in the West
building of E. B. O'Kelley, agricul
tural and industrial agent, A. C. L.
whs the fact that Florida leads all
states about which inquiries are made.
This was brought out in discussiong
the Florida booklet recently issued
b;- the railroads in Florida advertis
ing the agricultural possibilities of
the state. J. L. Edwards, of Wash
ington, D. C, manager of the agri-
board whether it be bossing the street cultural section, United States rail-
work or holding mayor's court.
The candidates for mayor, James
1 1.. Giles, the present incumbent, and
to bet .excellent for the development j K- G- Duckworth, are both putting up
BREAK NELL GWYNN SUNDIAL
English Workmen Destroy Interesting
Henc Of Tlmea of
Charles II.
London. A -sundial known as "Nell
Gwynn's Sundial," which for years has
been in position on the terrace at
Lauderdale house, HIghgate, was bro
ken beyond repair while workmen were
trying to change its position. There Is
still In the house Nell Gwynn's original
bath, which Is much older than the
sundial, and was placed there when
she was installed In the palace by
Charles IX
Farmer Get $900 Pearl.
Vineennes, Ind. While dinting mus
sels in' the Wabash river recently
Martin Straw, a farmer, found a pearl
which he sold to a Mt Carmel. 111..
Jeweler for $900. Mr. Straw had only
dug one pound of shells when he
started cooking them and made the
of tactics in the use of aircraft to as
sist -fishing operations. The benefit
to the fishing fleet would be In time
and fuel saved In the searching for
fish end in the concentration of ef
fort on large schools Instead of wast
ing time on small, scattered bunches
of fish.
"It is quite possible also that
schools of large fish might be distin
guished from those of smaller, leaner
fish, although this would require ex
perience in observation. Another field
for experiment would lie In the guid
ance of fishing steamers to large
schools not visible from the crosstrees,
bnt plainly visible from aircraft, and
communication by means of wireless
telephone, harking buoys or other de
vices would enable the boats to set
the seine around the fish Invisible to
great advantage to the naval air serv
ice as well-as to the fishing Interests,
as it would provide for the naval avi
ators excellent practice in scouting,
station finding and communication."
Love for Hairless Dog
Lands Mexican In Jail
Dallas, Tec. His love for a
hairless dog from Chihuahua,
the home of his birth, got Jazza
Morales in jail this week. The
dog catcher hooked the Mexi
can's canine and took him to
the city pound. Morales went
to the pound and demanded his
friend. When he was refused
he broke the gates down and
attempted to take the dog. He
was arrested. Morales' canine
went the way of hundreds of
others the gas route.
a strong and systematic campaign
with no specific differences of plat
foun. So far there has been no in
dication as to which candidate is the
strongest puller among the women's
vi-te. A woman's mass meeting hiis
,lten called for tomorrow night for
tiie purpose of urging a systematic
road administration stating that more
inquiries had been received by the
Ilomeseekers' bureau in Washington
T.;hich is part of the railroad admin
istration, about the state of Florida
f'im any other state in the Union.
This is attributed to the remarkable
opportunities for farming, stock raisin;-,
fruit growing etc., in Florida.
Mr. Edwards is on a trip through
the South and left last night for Atlanta.
FRESH GROUND MEAL
Put up in ten pound sacks for consumer's
use, fresh at the mill.
We are turning out the best grade of meal
we have ever been able to make.
Get It When It Is Fresh
Fresh ground meal leaves that pleasant,
fruity taste in the mouth. Insist on getting
it at Vour local grocery, and if you cannot
get it there, see us.
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