The evening leader., September 08, 1916, Image 1

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VOL. 3. SINGLE COPY 5 CENTS.
MUCH HORSE SENSE REQUIRED
IN FLORIDA POULTRY RAISING
Success Can Be Acquired If Proper Atten
tion Is Given The Business
The truck gardens and small citrus
growers of Florida have been told,
many times by writers on the poultry :
question to “plant a hen.” That is i
' good advice and should be followed
by every tiller of the soil in the state, I
and probably is to a greater or less
extent. The Leader fully coincides
with that idea; there can’t be too
many poultry raisers.
In this connection Messrs. Mohr &
Son, of Lellman, in this county, who
are engaged in the egg production
branch of the poultry business, tells
the St. Petersburg Times, in an arti
cle published last Sunday, that their
profits range from $1.50 to $2.00 per
hen, net. They have been engaged in
the business for some time, and their
flocks of white leghorns, the only
breed they have or ever had, now re
quire nearly eight acres of ground (
properly to care for their 2,500 hens.
Notwithstanding the fact that
Messrs. Mohr & Son claim to have
made a success of the poultry busi
ness, which we do not deny, arid which
they no doubt richly deserved to do,
the fact still remains that perhaps 90
per cent of the small poultry raisers
in Florida have made failures.
Our experience along these lines
leads us to believe that the fault lies
with the poultrymen. We see no
reason whjwpoulte'y ..should,
■uccessfully raised in Florida as m
the hyperborean regions of the North,
but we are firmly of the opinion that
to make a success here requires a
greater degree of horse sense and
closer attention to the business here
than in cooler climates. The ordinary
settler, coming here from the North,
with little money, and laboring under
land payments, and without a knowl
edge of climatic conditions, with poul
trv ffig4.to huy and .a family to pro
ends meet if he starts in with a chick
> MR. B.C. SAMMONS
OF CHICAGO, DIES
AFTER tfEMlf
The Chicago Tribune in its issue of
last Monday contains a notice of the
death of B. C. Sammons, as follows:
“Benjamin C. Sammons, for many
years one of the vice presidents of the
Corn Exchange National bank and a
pioneer resident of Blue Island, died
last night at Mercy hospital. He un
derwent an operation for appendicitis
a week ago.
Mr. Sammons was born in Blue Is
land March 19, 1866. He began his
career as a messenger for the Com
mercial National bank in 1882, after
ward entering the employ of the Mer
chants’ Loan and Trust company. He
was cashier of the old Northwestern
National bank when it was consolidat
ed with the Corn Exchange National
bank and ‘subsequently became vice
president of the latter institution.
“Mr. Sammons is survived by his
widow, Mrs. Thekla Sammons, and
two children, Marie and Frederick
Sammons. The family was at the bed
side when he died.
“The funeral will be from the resi
dence in Blue Island. Interment will
be at Mount Greenwood cemetery.”
Mr. Sammons w T as w*ell known in
Tarpon Springs, having spent many
winters here since the earlier days
of this city. He always took great
interest in Tarpon Springs and its
development, and owned property
here. He was the brother of Mr. R.
W. Sammons of this city, who is now
in Chicago, having been called to that
city on account of his brother’s illness,
and brother-in-law of Mr. Fred W.
Schwamb, who is one of our regular
winter visitors.
HE COULDN’T DO IT ON ROUGH
LUGGED BRICK LAID FLAT
A gentleman over from Tampa yes
terday on legal business told a report
er for The Leader that he made the
run from that city to Tarpon Springs
in exactly fifty minutes from the time
that he crossed the Palm avenue
bridge over the Hillsborough river.
We don’t know whether this is a rec
ord run or not, but it certainly is
“going some.”
THE EVENING LEADER
en farm as the goal at which he is
aiming.
Facts are facts and there is no use
in painting too fine a picture for the
contemplation of the prospective
poultry raiser.
If Mohr & Son can make a profit
of $1.50 or $2.00 per hen, by their sys
tem of business others can do as well,
or perhaps better, but it cannot be
done in Florida by turning a flock of
hens loose and then lighting your pipe
and sitting down to watch the egg
crop blossom. They require the clos
est kind of attention. They require
proper feed and at proper times, clean
fresh water at all times, and substan
tial sanitary quarters. As regards
the market Mohr & Son’s experience
as told to the Times is as follows:
“Mohr & Son have been selling
some of their eggs at Key West, but
consider Havana, Cuba, a good market
for poultry products, from three to
five carloads of eggs being shipped
through Tampa to that point weekly.
The report from the Department of
Foods and Markets, of 204 Franklin
St., New York city, on April 17, 1916,
shows the same grade of eggs as
Mohr’s at 40 cents per dozen, and it j
costs about 3c per dozen by express j
to get them there. Mohrs have been I
selling in St. Petersburg markets on
the same \late for 35c wholesale. A
good market is or will be the least of
our troubles, for you must have both
| quality and quantity before you can
do much business.
“They are emphatic in the assertion
that they desire no monopoly of the
poultry business, as they would like
to see hundreds of families settle on
from five to ten acres of laud in and
about St. Petersburg. Then by com
bining forces, feed and supplies could
be purchased at wholesale, and with
improved marketing facilities much
better prices could be obtained, and
grow better as time would pass.”
CASSEY WILLIAMS BOUND
OVER TO GRAND JURY
At the preliminary hearing, before
Judge Evans, of Clearwater, heard in
the city hall here yesterday, Cassey
Williams, charged with murder, was
turned over without bond to the ac
tion of the grand jury. If indicted,
j the trial will no doubt be heard at
the coming term of court, before
Judge 0. K. Reaves.
Scotland is taking to the use of me
chanical potato planters.
J. L. Repogle, Cambria »teol mag
nate, began as a water boy at the age
of 11 in the mills of the company.
PROHIBITIONISTS
I START GAMPAIRN
FROM_CHIGAGO
Chicago, 111., Sept. B.—The most
prominent feature of the most ag
gressive national campaign ever wag
ed by the prohibition party was
launched in Chicago today, when the
“prohibition special”, carrying J.
Frank Hanly, the presidential candi
date, and Dr. Ira Landrith, candidate
for vice president, started on a tour
that will cover the country from end
to end. The wheels of the “dry” spec
ial will keep moving until the night
before the national election. The trip
is expected to reach 600 cities and
towns and the cost is estimated at
around $40,000. The train will pro
ceed first to the Pacific coast, then
sweep back across the continent
so the Eastern states, and return to
the middle West. The swing back
east probably will come the first of
October ( and the tour will close at
some point in Indiana on the night of
Nov. 6.
Besides the national candidates, the
train is to carry Oliver W. Stewart,
chairman of the national campaign
committee; Daniel A Poling, of Bos
ton, associate president of the" United
Society of'Christian Endeavor; sever- ;
al women speakers of national reputa- :
tion, state chairmen and candidates i
and prominent prohibitionist* who are
to join the party en route.
TARPON SPRINGS, FLORIDA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1916.
REUNION OF CATTLEMEN
Sweetwater, Texas, Sept. V.—The
second annual reunion of the pioneer
catttlemen of western Texas, Oklaho
ma, New Mexico and Arizona opened
here today and will continue over
tomorrow. Several hundred cattle
men and many other visitors are in
attendance. An elaborate program of
entertainment has been prepared.
SALES ON SPONGE EXCHANGE
The sales on the Sponge exchange
today were $10,200.
BIG STRUGGLE
NOW RAGING
AICONIBLES
Paris, Sept. B.—Emperor William,
according to La Liberte’s correspond
ent at the front, is watching in person
the fierce struggle going on for the
possession of Combles. The chief gain
of yesterday’s battle, the correspond
ent says, was that of the French Gen
eral Micheler’s forces, who reached
the railroad running from Roye to
Peronne and holds it for a distance
of two and one-half miles, with the
result that the German lines of conP"
! munication behind the Somme are
j now entirely in the hands of the en
tente allies.
London, Sept. B.—The infantry of
the belligerents in the Somme region
of France was inactive today except
south of the river, where the French,
to the east of Deniecourt, captured
elements of trenches from the Ger
mans and brought forward their front
more in alignment with their newly
acquired lines running through Bel
loyen-Santerre and Berny-en-San
terre.
The day, however, was a continua
tion of the violent bombardments
which always precede attempts at
-fresh, advances by the entente allies.
xii atttntxtm, g'icac/-ac - *-ii»r-c;cxivrt:y“WUS
shown by French and British aerial
squadrons in bombarding points of
vantage behind the German lines.
South of the Somme, so violent was
(Continued from page 3)
MEMBERS OF THE FAIR SEX
PROMINENT IN DAYS NEWS
When freshmen girls arrive at Mad
ison to attend the University of Wis
consin this fall they will find upper
class women to greet them. The up
per class women have issued a book
let which tells of the ideals of uni
versity women, of the societies and
other womens’ activities, and contains
advice about the work of the first
year women. In brief, everything will
be done by the wise seniors to take
from the little freshman’s mind that
“lost” feeling.
Queen Sophia of Greece is the lead
ing figure in the foremost conserva
tion movement in her kingdom, and
the devastating forest fires which
have of late been sweeping the classic
hills of Hellas have been a source of
particular chagrin to her. Many of
these mountains of Greece, once sung
by the poets of antiquity as covered
with a delicious verdure, are barren
and stony, and the queen has ener
getically preached their re-forestation <
to the people, as well as the preserv-<
ationof the woods and streams still in <
existence. Every year she plants aj
tree with her own hands, with due<
pomp and ceremony as an example to <
the women of Greece. !
Helen Varick Boswell, who is figur
ing in the presidential compaign in
the United States as president of the
National Women’s' Republican associ
ation, is a native of Baltimore, who
studied law in Washington and holds
the degree of LL. B. In 1907 she was
sent by the Federal government to in
vestigate social conditions in the Pan
ama canal zone. Her executive ability
has enabled her to fill high and res
ponsible positions in the federation of<
women’s clubs, in woman suffrage or- <
ganizations and in special societies/
formed to promote better social and >
industrial conditions. In the former S
campaign of 1912 she served the re- <
publican party in much the same way <
she will serve it in this contest, name- >
ly, as an organizer of the women who,
either as voters or contributors of
money, feel inclined to support the
party’s candidate for the presidency.
WIRE-GUT LUGGED BRICK MAY BE GOOD IF LAID AS
THE MANUFACTURERS INTENDED THEY SHOULD BE
IT BEING A FOREGONE CONCLUSION THAT THE
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WILL NOT CONDEMN
THE WIRE-CUT LUGGED BRICK PERHAPS THEY
CAN BE SHOWN THE NEXT BEST THING TO DO
.IS TO HAVE THEM LAID RIGHT.
It is not reasonable to suppose that
the wire-cut lugged brick which are
being laid on a part of the Pinellas
county roads have absolutely no merit.
The manufacturing company no doubt
know, and the bricks themselves
prove, that they were manufactured
for a purpose and that purpose was
not to build a lot of poor roads in
Pinellas county.
The lugs on these brick were intend
ed to be laid in a cement foundation,
the lugs would then make each brick
solid in its own place even though a
small space was left between each
Glim SELLS
‘ HIS 11 SHADES
OF LEADER STOCK
j The two shares of stock in The
j Leader which were owned by B. C.
|Mayo have been transferred to J. G.
j Browning and are now offered for
sale. This is a good chance for some
public-spirited person to acquire an
interest in The Leader which it is
hoped will continue to increase in
importance.
It is anticipated that Mr. Mayo will
Ibe in Tarpon Springs about January
IL The Leader hopes that he will re
turn- ms-Tfiterest ~flt Tarpon and con
tinue to be a regular winter resident
and that his severing his connection
;with The Leader does not mean that
he has severed his , connection with
Tarpon Springs.
Miss Fannie Durack and Miss Mina
Wylie, the leading swimmers of Aus
tralia, will sail for America in Janu
ary for a stay of three months, during
which they will compete in a number
/of swimming events for women. They
I’ will compete first in Honolulu, then at
San Francisco and Los Angeles, and
later in the Middle West and in the
East. Miss Durack won the Olympic
championship at Stockholm in 1912
and Miss Wylie finished second.
One occasionally hears a wondering
voice inquiring if Liliuoklani, deposed
queen of Hawaii, is still alive. Ac
cording to Judge T. B. Stuart, of the
Hawaiian bench, now on a visit to
America, the former queen, whose
reign ended in 1893, is living a vener
able old age in comfort and content in
Honolulu, enjoying a veneration and
affection amounting to worship from
her former subjects. She draws a
.pension of $12,000 from the Hawaiian
/government, most of which she gives
Saway in charities, having always been
(open-handed to a fault. Her old
(friends and many of her former sub
jects call upon her at her home, where
/she holds a sort of court, still a queen
/to the Hawaiians. Os late years Lil
iuoklani has given up traveling, but in
her earlier days was very fond of
travel and making long sojourns par
ticularly in Paris, where she indulged
to the full her feminine fondness for
style and shopping, and was one of
the most lavish customers of the
“grand makers.”
Mrs. George Bass of Chicago will be
in charge of activities among women
voters of the Western states in behalf
>of Presideht Wilson. She will act as
; chairman of the women voters’ bureau
|of the Western headquarters of the
| democratic national committee, and
will have jurisdiction over the twelve
states where women have the fran
chise. Mrs. Bass was for three years
president of the Chicago Woman’s
club and has campaigned for suffrage
in many states. Two years ago she
was a candidate for the democratic
nomination for county commissioner.
brick. This would be a good thing
were the brick being used in a cold
climate where the ground froze in
the winter which would cause much
contraction and expansion at differ
ent seasons and the tendency would
be for the road to bulge up when the
brick expanded. The lug on the bot
tom of the brick, if set in a cement
bed, would make it possible to allow
for this expansion as each brick would
be a single unit doing its part in the
whole road plan.
In Florida, it is different. The foun
dation is soft sand, and yet if the
brick were laid with the lugs down
they would tend to hold the brick stea
dy to a certain extent. And again,
the opposite side from the lug is
smooth and even and would make a
good surface for auto tires. The lug
being on the bottom side would allow
the brick to be jammed close together
and thus prevent the grass growing
between them and the water going
through to undermine the road.
The brick were made to withstand
great pressure if laid with the lug side
on the bottom and the smooth side—
or rather edge—on top.
We have been told that the contract
ors for the Pinellas county roads pur
chased the lugged: brick because they
were the only ones available at the
time. It is stated, on %ood authority
that they are cheaper brick than the
usual paving brick used. This being
the case, and it being evident that
they are going to be laid whether Pi
nellas people want them or not, the
next hest thing ig to compromise.
What we want is a good road and
j if the brick are laid as they were man
j ufactured to be laid no doubt the road
I will be equal to the other sections of
j brick roads in Pinellas. But it will
j take more brick laid on edge than it
would if laid on their sides to cover a
mile of road.
Well so be it. The contractors saved
money by purchasing the lugged
brick, now let them lose a little by be
ing compelled to lay them properly.
It is not reasonable to suppose that
a brick which was manufactured for
the express purpose of being laid on
its edge will make a good road if laid
on its side—and this is just what
has caused all the condemnation of the
contractors and the bricky
The St. Petersburg Independent is
making a noble fight for the people
of Pinellas county, but they haven’t
GOOD ROADS BOOSTERS HAVE
TINE TIME AT ARIPEKA PICNIC
Large Crowd Assembled and Much Inter
est Shown-Much Good Will Be
The meeting at Aripeka yesterday
under the auspices of the Central
Florida Highways association, the
main object of which was to lay plans
and stir up the authorities along the
line and get the gaps closed up in the
road leading from the west coast
across the state to Jacksonville, was
a success in every sense of the word.
The people of Aripeka had pre
pared a bountiful dinner of the best
to be had and to this was added fried
fish in unlimited quantities.
There were about five hundred pres
ent and after dinner speeches were
made by a number of well known
workers for good roads. Mr. L. P.
Dickie, secretary of the Central Flor
ida Highways association with head
quarters in Tampa, made an interest
ing address. He stated that he is
requested to give the best routes to
and from Florida to thousands of mo
torists each year and that he had
been telling them to use the west
coast roads of Florida as they were
the best. Many complaints have been
made about the road between Aripeka
and Brooksville, and that if this sec
tion was not fixed he would be com
TEN CENTS A WEEK. NO. 204.
a ghost of a chance to win against she
combination which is opposed to tligmr.
and the suggestion offered above as
a compromise which it may be well to
force through when it is so eviijpwt
that is is the best we can hope to at
tain. We will be glad to hear
the Independent has to say on Ifltis.
subject of laying the lugged brick-jan
their edge—lugs down and smadfe
surface up as they were made tvjae
laid.
WHO IS RESPONSIBLE?
(From St. Petersburg Independent)
Chief Engineer Cook, of the McGta.-
ry company—who is to be paid s36*-
000 for supervising the materials skl
construction of the brick roads and
protecting the interests of the people
of Pinellas county—stated that he Sad
no power to reject the rough-crook*#-.
uneven-cheaper wire-cut lugged
being put on the Safety Harbor rsgfcrY,
so long as they stood the test of the
specifications. Admitting that tbpre
brick had never been tried out in rqp-i
use, that they were never contemplat
ed in the specifications and that tley
cost less than the brick the people
pected to get and want, he yet hekf
that he could not reject them if tJSry
stood the descriptive and rattler test.
In this way he denied the respo*L
bility of the McCrary company, al
though those engineers drew the sjjfc*-
ifications and the contract.
John S. Taylor, chairman of the Pi
nellas county board of commission ers,
when appealed to, declared that Dbe
county commissioners had “nothing to
do with it;” that the County Board
of Trade laid off the roads, made fcfae
agreements and handled the wb>le
j project; that the county cimmissita*-
j ers were “mere figure-heads” tadfi
js'gned the contracts to
legal;” that it was “up to th
cers and the County Board
When asked if the
specify that the county
ers could reject any material or r Cßtd
work although the engineers approval“
it, he replied that it did so provide
but the commissioners were not
experts and would not be justified .in
rejecting what the engineers accept
ed. He admitted that he did not fcee
any use for that protecting cla#se
having been put into the contract, tiM
he had not inspected the wire-cut Ifcg
ged brick that were being objected io
(Continued on page 4.)
Accomplished
pelled to turn the motorists over «?-
other and better route.
Pasco and Hernando counties, -
through their representatives, staged
that the sections of the road criticised
were being worked on at the present
time and work would not cease utftil
they were light. These roads are sfii
right in dry weather but a few g«ps
are bad in wet weather. It mean* so
much to the West Coast of Florida -to
have these gaps closed that they
not afford to neglect it.
Among the speakers were H. C.
Clayton of Tarpon Springs, who is
well known as a worker for good
roads, and our old friend Powell feom
Clearwater, told of his recent three
months’ motor trip and how glad he
was to get back to Florida.
The road from here to Aripeka 4s
a good one and one motorist told V*'
he made it all the way from Tamf*a
through Tarpon Springs to Aripaki
in two hours, a distance of nearly si;-
ty miles.
Thousands of tourists will come
the West Coast roads this winter and
when they once come they will coihc
again.