The Punta Gorda herald. [volume], June 17, 1920, Image 1

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IMPItOVKMKNTS
I'uuta Gorda has more
improvements than any
other Florida town of its
size. Paved streets, side
walks, sewerage, electric
lights, waterworks, etc.
POPl LATION'
The 1915 census gave
Punta Gorda a population
of 1,772. It has grown
steadily since then and
the present population is
estimated at 2,000.
Punta Gorda, in Tropical Southwest Florida. is Advantageously Located on Charlotte Harbor, One of the Largest Laud-Locked Hays on the Gulf of Mexico, and is a Town with a Height Future. Commercially and Agriculturally
Volume XXXII Number 23.
PUNTA GOBDA, FLORIDA, TH I USD AY. JVXF. 17th, UNO.
Five Cent a Copy; 2.0O a Vear.
GOLF CLUB
GANIZED
Dl'TY TO IMMIGRANTS
One of Subjects Discussed by
men's Citizenship Class.
Wo- 1
Meeting Mondaj ight Largely
tended officers and Directors
Fleeted and Actual Work on
Course Will Start Soon.
The Punta Gorda Golf and Coun
try Club is now a reality. At a
largely attended meeting of sub
scrlbers to stock in the club Monday
night, the club was organized on a
working basis and officers elected to
serve until the first annual meeting
of stockholders.
C. W. Hewitt, to wiiom is due no
small part or tire credit for the suc
cessful start the club has made, was
elected president and director; J. S.
Golf was elected vice-president and
director; L. B. Hobinson, secretary;
W. H. DeLoach, treasurer; and P.
E. Mason, K. K. Seward and F. R.
Iilount were elected directors. The
new ollicers held their first meeting
last night for t'w purpose of mak
ing definite plans for the beginning
of actual work on the course, which
It Is hoped may be ready for use by
the first of next January, at the latest.
When the stock-soiling campaign
was started. It was decided that at
least $ 1 2,500 worth of stock must
have been sold before applying for
Charter. Up to Monday night $12.-,
tifiO in cash subscriptions had been!
pledged, while other subscriptions!
representing cash that would have j
to be paid out if they had not come,
in this form, brought the total
amount subscribed up to about j
18.$90.
Jack Wilson will lay out the I
coun
and
club
Mr.
this
and.
. poem by C. A. Price on Ainer
s responsibility toward the end
stream of immigrants which ar
rive at Ellis Island was read by the
j. cl.ps leader a' the Tuesday afternoon
I meeting of the Women's Citizenship
(Class. .
A CCpy of the ballot used in ih?
primary election, just passed, was
I presented by Mrs. Hancock and a dis
cussion on the use of second choice
votes, rather than resubmitting In
I decisive elections to 'he voters, fol
, lowed.
The lesson for the day was on the
distribution of power in the nation.
concerning especially the powers con
ferred by the States on the Federal
governmnt.
Mrs. Robinson read an article by
Mary E. McDonald, chairman of Com
mittee on Women In Industry, urg
ing the necessity for working condi
tioo for women, 1 i order that we may '
l insure to the "mothers of the future:
citizens of our Republic" opportunity!
I for hca'th and happiness.
j The next meeting will be on Tues
day, June 22nd. at the Tourist Room. 1
at 3:30. Open to all.
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AS OUTSIDERS SEE US
XHW BAPTIST I'KFACHKIt.
Rev.
W.
or
Ira Sanders Takes Charge
Local t'hurch Sunday.
"New that the
don't you fellow
keep up this dock?'
Idonta the other da
five-pound trout off I
brow with tendencies
and e former adherer
"We fellows dor.'i
looking for the anhn:,
And when the huntin
jolf course excitement has about subsided, why
go around and get subscriptions with which to
asked a non-resident fisherman of several res
while all of them were waiting the nibble of a
ihe city dock. The interrogator was a high
toward criticism of anything and everything,
tt cf the golf game.
Jt.ie down here looking for golf links; we're
linx, the bear, panther and the fierce quail.
BeaSOIl i? O.er We n;l!llr:iv eel nor hnnlri
and linos -prepare to kill Q8h by hook or crook. Don't think lor
a .-mail part ot moment that we lcn't
and South Florida does
tne pleasant location
lions, and all that wl
do atpreciate it, and we don't
this city dock, and I'll vager i
tor
nice
Lout
(uai every non-rcsldeat angler he
three non-resident fishermen have
ippreciate what Punta Qorda
us with the fine fishing and hunting,
Btteets well lighted, fair aceommodu
roqulring us to pay a cent of tax. We
tsk fqj a golf course. Just keel) up
you start thv subscription tomorrow
Rev. Ira Sanders, who was ex-1
tended a cell to the pastorate of the!
local Baptist church about four!
weeks ago, has accepted and will j
preach his first regular Sabbath ser- j
mon Sunday morning.
Rv. Sanders .comes to Punta j
Gorda from Cocoa, where be served
I the Ilaptlst church acceptably for j
some time. The Cocoa Tribune, In
noting his departure for Punta Gor
da, last wee!: spoke in the most
complimentary terms of the Rev.
Sanders. Ho is a young man, un
married, but is said to have been
I more than successful In his minis-j
terial work. The people of Punta ;
Gorda will welcome him to a per-!
manent pls.ee in (he community life
MUCH BOOZE
CONFISCATED
Alleged Smugglers of Wet GooA and
Their Schooner, Loaded With
1009 Quarts of CogijM
From Cuba Taken.
re will subscribe. I know that
bought homes here, and 1 know
ot several others who are negotiating for homes, and theey'll all
be in thorn early next fall. That's the way to build up your burg.
"v uuveni oeen tor fifty years, l'vi
uiuuu; aim i nave snown others how to make
out inai i can point a way for a con
way to become a city.
strc.Hs in four vt
WILL HOLD CONFERENCE
TO DISCUSS PROPOSED
ROAO BOND AMENDMENT
'eople from all Parts of State Will
Gather to Discuss This impor
tant Subject.
I
made some
some. I don't know
sin munlcioalltv to stm t mi
You haven't spent a cent on your side
mi told, and you haven't made a nfnola l,.t
owner clean the brush and weeds off his lot in ten. Your town,
coming In from Arcadia, looks as if It was set nicely and hlddenly
the cenljr of the everglades, f'lean un your street- atvri trot H
pend what money it receives in Imnrovemonts lnc.illv mH
the money SaVay in trvins to ant rv.-nnle in ..,,... a.
until you dc get cleaned up. And it's a wonder
Painfully Injured.
j H. 1!. IUazer was painfully
1 ed a lew days ago when he fe
-Sithe porcli of his home on
Street, Mr. Blaier has been confln
Coledto his home as a result of the ac
j.cldeni, suffering considerably, but
15; at this time is reported to be much
! Improved.
club to
not throw
from the north
is and superintend the work, j
in securing his services the
feels that It is fortunate, since!
Wilson has b?en engr.ged in
kind of work for many yvars,
being a resie'ert and directly
interested in the success of the club
will not only endeavor to make the
work the best he has ever done but
will do it at the least possible ex
pense. Tentative pirns, it is understood,
contemplate a nine-hole course to
begin with and the erection of a.
creditable club house.
The location decided upon is an
Ideal one from every standpoint.
Situated between two hard surfaced
roads and not a great distance from
the railroad, the location is one
tint v ill afford the utmost in ad
vertising, for the course and club
house will be in full view of all
traveiers on the railroad n.'d in au
tomobiles. A large tide creek, emp
tying into Peace river, and running
not a great distance from where the
club house is to be built, may be
dredged out to ?.!1W large boats to
come up from the river. According
to raen who have niayed golf all
tlr!.- live-, p.rd are nuallflcd t
judge, there la ao g -if course fn 1
Souti- Floridr. that will be better
than the Punta Gorda course, wnen
it is finished, ana tiiere are i
Complying with the numerous re-
iiuesis irom various parts ot the state j
for a big good roads conference at
which the various plans proposed for
taking care of the state bond issue:
for a permanent sys'em of roads and !
bridges will be discussed and some
thing definite done in the way of sc-1
curing a big vote in favor of the I
amendment to the 3iate constitution.
President M. M. Smith, of the Flor
ida State Automobile Association has
announced that a call for the meet
ing will be Issued.
This decision was reached by Pres-
Ideat Smith, according to a letter re
ceived from him by J. P. Clarkson, '
of Tallahassee, who is la charge of,
the bond issue campaign for the as-:
lOCiatloc after a conference with a!
majority cf members of the legisla
tive committee of the Florida State
Automobile Association. Mr. Smith
went home to vote in the primary
election last Tuesday and is now
making an official business trip
through the state. He writes that
everywhere he has been he finds a
strong sentiment in favor of the bond
issue amendment. The people are
demanding permanent roads and
they ai" rapidly becoming convinced
that the only way in which the state
can participate In the construction
will be through funds accrued from
o utritp boid isfiUO. It Is likely that
the meeting will be held In St. An-
m
you wouldn't inquire what Is done with the street and road tax.
I never see any road scrapers or side walk fixers at work in this
I own.
"That golf Idea makes me think of some golf boosters over in
Kentucky. They used to talk golf from morning tq night and they
didn't know a brassy from a niblick. I went into it and I used to
think I was the Maharajah ot Haidarab.-.d or the great canny Laird
or Skiddoo when I'd march away along with a dozen other golfatlcs
with a small boy carrying a pack of tools, a hat full of gutta-percha
balls, and an Umbrella-holder full of club-headed sticks. And
then we'd manage to get the little ball on the nodule of ground and
drive away at it like an old-fashioned cradler going into the oats,
digging up the earth and busting our clothes, and following that
ball thiough thick and thin, trying to make that course of nine or
eighteen holes In the least possible strokes and oaths.
"Whenever you get anything out of a golfer besides his board
bill vou'll do more than any other town has yet done. You've got
too many natural amusements around here to be Justified in dis
gracing a piece of your land by laying It out in a golf course. Put
onions, potatoes, cukes, tomatoes, and so on In the land, and raise
good crops and we'll cenre down and eat them. You don't need a
golf course to draw us any more than you need a cork screw to
draw hydrant water."
OLD INDIAN TRAILS ASS'N
WAS ORGANIZED MONDAY;
ENDORSES AMENDMENT
Forty-One Representative Men Fn
nil Along Trail Met at St. Pete
and Organised.
N. C. H witt and Col. .1. H Han
cock, who attended the first meeting
THOMPSON IMPORTANT
IS ELECTED LAND DEAL
un M. I'elei sliuri; Mond.-iv .n ; I'imii
Gorda's representatives, returned
Tuesday afternoon and reported that
the meeting was a good one and that
I they believed Punta Gorda is in post-
I tion to derive much benefit from
I I membership ui the association, which
was organized on a permanent basis.
Representative men irom every
Florida town on the route of the Old
ji (Indian Trail, with the exception of
TLive Oak and Madison, attended,
I 41 delegates being present. Mr.
j I Whitney, secretary of the St. Peters
g burg Hoard of Trade and one of
ji Florida's best boosters, was elected
j president of the association, and Mr.
g Parry, cf Fort Myers, vice-prejrfdent.
I Chester Val-P.ez won elected dlrector
3 ' general.
- The association went upon record
las favoring the adrp.Icn of the pro
posed constitutional amendment
which will be submitted to the peo-
One thousand and ninety quarts
cf cognac were seized from the Cu
ban two-masted schooner Y:,abol of
Havana, near Sanibel light, Friday,
by Boatswain Johnson and his crew
of the coast guard sub-chaser
Vaughan, and two members of the
Ysabef's crew were brought to Pun
ta Gorda and confined In the local
Jail, later being taken to Tampa.
The sub-chaser Vaughan left
j Tampa Thursday on its regular pat-injur-
r' down the roast. After stopping
from I' Roca Grande en route, the boat
Cross I arrived off the lower end of Sanibel
'Island Friday afternoon and found
I the Ysabel anchored off the light at
the entrance of San Carlos bay.
I Boatswain Johnson drew alongside
land boarded the schooner about 2
P. m. finding only two men on board.
The commander gf the Vaughan,
says these men began showing him
the ship's papers in an effort to per
suade him that everything was as it
should be and not as it might be.
As the papers were all in Spanish,
he said he couldn't make head or
tail of them and when he tried to
talk with the men, they could "no
savvy
There was a nice smooth, painted
canvas covering the floor of the cab
In. Bo's'n Johnson, preferring
I American action to Spaniaii words,
k or
iring
up at him. He figured that wherv
there is one demijohn there may be
two. He pulled up the mattresses
on the bunks and found botfjes of
liquor put to bed under the berths.
Further Inqulsittveiieis by the coast
guardmen located quart bottles of .
cognac in the chain lockers, In the
water casks and In the coal bunk
ers In the galley, until close to 1,
100 quarts were brought out for in
spection. Two men In a good-sized motor
boat came out from the direction of
Punta Rassn, but upon approaching
and observing the unfavorable
state cf affairs, they headed back
for the shore with very disgusted
scowls on their faces, it Is said.
The two Cubans on board, who
could "no savvy," at first, savvied
a lot as soon as the liquid cargo was
discovered, and began forthwith to
blame it all on the skipper, who was
Bo's'n
ot the Old Indian I ral s Associai on. i ,,, . .u. .., .
.i,i,.h u . ., . , , ' lilted this and pried up a planl
which was held at the Detroit hotel ... m a 7. t. .
yi ., . , two. There was a demijohn sta
Wins by Mm Kin of 22 Votes Over
M. Whlttcn Canvassing Hoard
Mel Saturday, Counted tile
Cotes, Named Nominees.
pie in November, and which, if adorn
ed, will allow the slate to bond for a b8ent fronl th Bearing.
state-wide system of good roads aMd!JohnHOn ,myi th,y were very nice
enable the state to get its share ofaoollt the seizure, however, and
the Federal highway money. Mr. niad no ,nreats or attempts at re-
I'arry. of Fort Mvers. made r stronir Bisxance. A snotgun, rllle and a
; Consolidation of
( ompanles to Boost Moon
Haven Punta Gorda should
Gel ;i Part of Overflow.
12 Largest Land Plea for adoption of this amend
ment and spoke of the influences that
were at work to defeat it if possible.
Following the business session, the
lllv
Local
that will equ:
Swallowed Handspur.
About a week ago a peculiar mis
fortune befell Oeorgo (loff, a boy
c i:ci l U'l'I'Sl'il amen i i years or age. in coinpaiij
I with another boy, George was rid-
Man Arrested for Connection j Ing a bicycle when he saw a saud
With Booze Smugglers? jspur on his coat. He picked the
I burr from his clothing, and boy-like
. M.
l h i id
Whitn
who
r.ei 's
has servi
district f
jy
a
According to the Tampa Tribune
of Tuesday, Tomas Garcia, of Pun
ta Gorda, and Manuel Ortega, of
Tampa, were landed by prohibition
intended to put It in his mouth and
blow it away. He oper.ed his
mouth to receive the sandfpur. but
j before placing it between his hps it
agents and federal deputy marshals j was
on Sanibel Island and taken to Tarn- went
rtr. Monday, being given a p illmln-table
blown from his fingers and
down his throat a consider
iistance, and later his efforts
ary hearing before f
missioner on charge
"the prohibition law.
C
of
According to Ifee prohibition
agenis, says the Tribune story, the
piir are among the American
agents for the liquor smuggling
syndicr'e which had been sending
booze into this country by schooner
loads prior to the capture of the
Heenpbtio and tie Ysabel with
their wet cargoes.
If Garcia Is "of Purta Gorda"
during his residence here he has
not formed a wide circle of friends,
for enreful inquiry as to who Gar
cia it and where he stayvd while in
Punta Gorda have elicited no in
formation concerning him, and not
even one person who knew of such
a man could be found.
S. com- to get it out resulted in carrying tt
violating still further down. It lodged in his
throat, injuring tne vocal cnoru ana
he is now unable to speak except In
1 whisper. After considerable
trouble, the physicians who w-re
d"n and Mot
vasslng board me
u rd ay and it was
were irregularities
of second choice
Ctncts except Punt
second choice vot.
er for this district
ClnctS was thrown
fourd that
first choici
the contest I
Thomps n, ot
Haven,
t in Ai
oaer, was
or this of
Fort Og
The can
raclla Sat-
It
fcuuu ti.at there
in the coun.ir.g
otea for all pre
. Gorda, and the
for comraisslon
for nil other pre
OUt. The beard
riiouinr n received 200
voles, Whitten 252,
being the
A stupendous realty deal has re
ntly been consummated which has
significant a meaning for the Stale
Florida and the entire south, as it
is for MOOIV Haven and the Bver-
des. Twelve of the hneesf limit
and emigration companies In the en
lire country have formed a combina
tion, under the name of the National
. Farm Estates. They will divert in
to Florida, this coming fall and win
ter, the tide of migration which has
'been settling up the Impeial valley
:0f California, the delta of the Miss
issippi, the valley of the Rio Grande,
the priarles of western Kansas,
knife or two were found on board,
but were not used .
The sub-chaser lay at anchor un
til about 5 p. m. Nothing was seen
delegates were taken to Pass-a-G rllle jof the captain and the rest of the
where they enjoyed an afternoon of I crew.
entertainment. Messrs. Hewitt and j
na iccck are warm in their praise of
the St. Petersburg folk as hosts and
th
IMPHOX IJG SHOW
that
W(
tne aevQionmont ot the town.
j The next meeting of the associa
tion v. til be held r.t the call of th
I president.
unazed to note Manager Goldstein Adds Another
Machine to Plaza Equipment.
Letsrins 241. Letzring
low man, was eliminated. Only the
second choice votes of those who
voted for the lew man are taken in
to consideraiion in deciding the
Took Pictures.
Mr. Hill, of the Florida Photo
graphic Concern, Fort Pierce, wns
!in Punta Gorda Fr'day and Satur
j day of last week, having been em-
the I Ployed by the advertising committee
delta of the Arkansas and many sec- I of the Commercial Club to make
lions of the great middle and far new pnotographs to be used In il
lustrating the booklet the commit
tee intends to publish and have
Of
, west.
i One of these organizations
handled last year more than
of farm
alone
$22,-
. 1 ..,V.n trr.t.. . n a .-. . ..
inun wuu ..mi ii. iii worm ot ravm nniurio
- - - '
Uetsring as first enoiee, nine voieu.-rne other companies are on a nai
played various g?.mes and had a good
time In general. After the game?
they were served delicious refresh
ments of ice cream, cake and punch.
The gusts went away wishing Roy
many happy returns of the day and
declaring him a fine host. Those en-
No Meeting. joying me uceuaion were, anm
Teh regular monthly meeting of;ullvo "muen, mary Agnes urosiana.
the Town Council was postponed I Florence McLane. Geraldine Lari-
from Tuesday. June 8th, to Tuesday i ",u,e -,,u "J"" RUUUlr"
summoned succeeded in removing -nominee
the sandspur.
. .... , , A I ... .
, :for vvmtten as secona cnoice auu if with this organization. Realty men
Birthday Party. voted for Thompson as second Qf fhe West, familiar with the oper-
Roy D. Turner, fourteen year oldholce. Adding tr.e nrst cnoice i ations of emigration companies, pro
nounce tnts new combination as the
son of Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Turner, votes receivea oy m
entertain a number of his friends at ! to their second choice vote It was
a oarty Saturday afternoon at his I found that Tl omsson received a
hn in SnUnr, The vounc DeooleUotal of 283 and Whi ten a total ol
of this week, but as three council
men are out of town there was no
quorum and no meeting.
While boring a well near Ponce de
Leon, in West Florida, gas was found
at a depth of 55 feet.
J. T. Rose, Maynard Rawls and
Turner.
Roy
Sells Sawmill.
It is reported that W. A. Duval
has disposed of his sawmill at Ac
line. J. W. Meldr!n, of Pleat City.
'being the purchaser.
(Contlnufrt on IHt pa,-e)
Secretary "Believed."
Secretary Warde of the Fort
Myers Board of Trade was relieved
of duty by an unanimous vote of the
directors of that body last week,
this action, it seems from reports In
the Fort Myers papers, being the re
sult of dissatisfaction with the
manner in which Mr. Warde had con
ducted the affairs of the office. C.
P. Staley was chosen to serve until
another regular secretary is employ
ed, whose salary will be not less
than $3,000 a year.
Suwannee county Is to have tb -ee
community fairs during this month.
most remarkable in the history of
realty operations in the nation and
predicts a flood of homeseekers into
Florida as a result, which will be felt
in every ounty and city in the state.
Three tralnloads of buyers will be
handled each week during th first
part cf the campaign. A train will
come Into Florida each day after the
campaign Is well on. These trains
are high-class specials consisting of
sleepers, diners and observation cars
running express time from the West
to Florida. A train will leave Chi
cago, one will ler.ve Kansas City and
one from Omaha, each week. Kac
will carry more than 150 land buy
ers. In addition to these, hundreds
will come down on the regular trains.
ready for distribution next winter.
Mr. Hill is an expert in this line of
work, understanding the art of
making a photograph that will re
produce well and los-e b,ur little
when transferred to copper for U3e
on the printing press. Mr. Carrier
generously gave the use of his car
and Lis own time and with Mr. Hill
covered all the territory surround
ing Punta Gorda that could be
reached by land. Saturday Mr. Hill
went to Charlotte Harbor and Cleve
land by boat and made pictures for
the people of these places.
Manager Harry Goldstein, of the
Plaza theater, left Monday for Al
I lanta, where he went to buy a new
picture machine for use in the
Plaza theater. The machine he will
purchase will be the very latest and
most expensive on the market.
The addition of another machine
will make it possible to give a con
tinuous show, without Intermission
between reels of pictures, and the
Plaza will be the only theater south
of Tampa on the west coast so
equipped.
Manager Goldstein is constantly
endeavoring to improve his show.
and as a result of his efforts the
Plaza has won the reputation of be
ing second to no other theater in
south Florida. By the addition of
a new machine and use of the new
est r.nd best films possible to secure
he says he hopes to make his show
not only equal to R.iy other in Flor
ida, but Just a little bit better on an
average than any other.
Victory Celebration.
Wauchula is planning for a big
victory celebration to be held on
Saturday. July third, In celebration
of the overwhelming victory of the
divisionists at the polls Tuesdav
Columbla county's melon crop is
twenty days Inte this year.
Marrrled In Fort Myers.
J. W. Shelley tr.d Miss Pierce
were married In Fart Myers, Tues
day. They have both been teaching
in tae FOI1 Myers schcol. Miss j Arcadia is aho planning for
iier . iiiMnuei oi an eia soutn of July celebration, to be
r.naa lamuy. tr.e;- passed Monday, probably, the
trougn nere luesday on tcelr way, ing on Sunday this
to texas and California. Mr. i vitation will
.Shelley will be principal of the pie of tho-
Charlotte Harb. r school tie cominir 1 inr.t t h' I-' . " lu"mlM
term and Mrs. Shelley will be one cadla is a hard L , , Ar
of his assistants. iS a 8por,y
-jsjWTi
J4ffll Ih
OSlWSt
on
coni-
ar. and an in-
ended to the peo-
roposed new counties