Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, March 6, 1914, Page 6

————————————————————————————— G ———— EVENING TELEGKAM, LAK ELAND, FLA., MARCH 6, 1914, : NOTICE A. D, 1914. | ALLIE A. O’HERN, Notice is hereby given that Ame!(‘.uardiau of the person and estate A. O'Hern, as guardian of the per-| .+ y p O'Hern, junior, minor son and estate of J. D. O'HerB, chjiq and heir of J. D. O'Hern, Junior, minor child and heir of J.| geceased. 2115-Fri D. O'Hern, deceased, will make ap- plication to the Honorable C. M. Trammell, judge of the . county judge's court, in and for Polk coun- ty, Florida, at his office in the Polk‘ county court house in Bartow, Flor-] § ida, on the 23rd day of March, A. i D. 1914, at ten o'clock in the fore- noon, for authority to sell at pri- i vate sale, or sales, an undivided one- COLDS & LaGRIPPE or 6 doses 666 will break an? case of Chills & Fever, Colds & LaGrippe; it acts on the liver | bettor than Calomel and does not | gripe or sicken. Price 25¢c. st B B e half interest of the said J. D.| : O’Hern, junior, minor child and1flmflw p ; ¢ J. D. O'Hern, deceased, in & i ; o ¢ Plant Velvet Beans i and to the following described lanld,!.? situate in Polk county, Florida, to-|& S wit: 7 Lots one (1) On new or old round. The most valuable soil and four (4) of 28 eBod Dated this 19th day of February,! At this Period use all Safe- guards:for Comfort and Well Being The best and most practicable of these is iceOUR ICE. It preserves your food, conserves your health, increases your pleasure, does you gdod in ways too numerous tomention—and all for a very little money. i Instead of decreasing your taking of ice on the cool days which will be occasionally sandwiched between the warm ones, resolve right now that every day is a full ice day for you. i And stick to that COUPON BOOK of ours. It is your consistent, per- iy sistent SAVER, i | Lakeland Ice Company Phone 26 MAYES GROCERY (0. “Reduce the cost of living,” our motto for nineteen fourteen Will sell staple groceries, hay, teed,f Wilson-Toomer Fertilizers, all kinds of sh-poing crates and baskets, and ¢d pcaoes, etc, at reduced 8 (S Mayes Grocery Co. LAKELAND, FLORIDA N QBOBLBOT i OPOPOFOr TS0 PO PO OECE ik FEPRT P2 b P ddd P bdd P2 2 222 2 2 2 2 e S Lot 2 L el Tt talter ol el inid T O I IPTEN L BTV OYOSDIT ~ow SrOeOEEOS ORI IPIMIFIIDIS PO PiiaShbIbPRbbls ~PEIRS SFPEFIPPEMP LRI FEMO 00 5 N‘O;A/ is your lime . To Buy an Automobile We have in stock twenty touring cars, with six mere touring and six roadsters on side tracks. Ford Touring cars, $610.50; Road- $560.50, delivered anywhere sters, ) id Polk county. LAKELAND AUTOMOBILE \ : AND SUPPLY CO. Lakeland, Fla. = —————————————————————————— I THEIR GHICKEN D0 By FRANK PEARSON. The Waltons were not idealists, and when, after six years of married life, they took themselves and Bobby, aged five, to the long hoped for country home, they were prepared for certain tribulations. They did not feel exas- perated when the coal turned to cob- blestones in the furnace and the kitch- en chimney made smoked meat a part of every dinner. to raise chickens. end of a year,” sald Mary. “Now, al- lowing for ten per cent. failing to hatch, that means 32,600 at the end of the second year, or, at fifty cents Deduct five hundred wa e] block twenty-five (25) of H. L. ’ bullderandfor.a gecrop. ?:riec{et;o;w:gg. fencing and—Bobby, i Plerce’s subdivision, according to & Crops following will don't you go near the pond!” @ map or plot of sid H. L.|% produce 25 to 50 per John did not see it that way, but he }I . Pierce’s subdivision, Munn's original :% cent more. $2.50 per did see a future in intelligent chicken W survey of Lakeland, Polk county, | g bushel raising. He preferred ducks, but with ' 8 " i f the west|% 7 a roving little boy upon the premises e iy i at .partt 1 uarter of | the duck pond was not to be made at- i Balf ot the poubimess. 9 i % tractive with feathered tenants. Bob- i section elghteen (18), townshp‘:i Mayes fim“ry co' by was abnormally inquisitive, and J twenty-eight (28) south, of range & the pond kept his mother in consant twenty-four (24) east. SpBP DB dbP PP i ddhiddid | waram e and incursions,” as Shakes speare puts it. So they planned to drain it, and meanwhile started on the chicken proposition, in the shape of a gigantic rooster and ten hens, thereby materially increasing the es- timated profits. The day after the purchase, how- ever, there were one rooster and nine hens. The next day there were one . rooster and eight hens, and a week later there were one forlorn and angry-looking rooster and two hens, which went about their domain with an apprehensive air. “It's the pip,” announced John, aft- er studying them intently. “But pip doesn’t obliterate them, does it, John?" asked Mary. “Wouldn't there be something left to show?” “Then fit's thieves,” said John ex- ultantly. “Now I've got it. I'll get a gun.” Mary was afrald of guns and want- ed to insure their lives instead. But John was scornful of this proposition. It was to a gun or a dog. A gun cost fifteen dollars, and a dog, a good dog —not a thoroughbred, but just a good, square, honest dog, might be had for less. John couldn't make up his mind. Providentally, as it seemed, it was made up for him. That eve- “He’s a Good Watch Dog.” ning an elderly darky appeared at the front door. “Yo' don’ want to buy a good houn’, do you, boss?” he inquired, pulling at a length of strimg, from the far end of which a yelping sound was heard. The yelping became more audible, and after a few yards had been drawn in a yellowish parallelogram came into view. “Lay down, Charlie,” his master commanded. “Ah'll let yo' have this houn’ for five dollars, boss,” said the negro. “He's a good watch dog an’ yo' won't be troubled by no thieves when he’s aroun'.” The yellow parallelogram came for- ward and stuck his nose into the ends of John's trousers. “Oh!” cried Bobby, and the moment the two were rolling and over in playful happiness, as only a dog and a boy can attain. This clinched the bargain. “Now we can get some more chickens,” said John, and the giant rooster was com- forted by the presence of another halt dozen hens. “I see you've bought Jim,” said their neighbor, looking over the fence next morning. “Regular boy's dog, ain’t he?" “My dog is named Charlie,” respond- ed John with dignity. “Suit yourself, neighbor,” replied the other. “He was called Jim when I had him.” John was a little mystified. but the sterling qualities of Charlie quickly assured him of his wisdom in pur- chasing him. Did any stran~er drawv near the house, Charlie's I35 vara barad and his grewls gave evk y of danger to all prodatory persons \ dared to mol ot T ) Mg const POGStOPr Sid next over such ever ¢ tho aanatity WrIn afrvoniea dignuay. “John, they've stolen all my hens!” ® | l siugle hen was visioie But they did hope “One pair of Plymouth Rocks will produce two hundred young at the she cried, almost in tears. “What's the good of Charlie if he doesn’t keep ;° guard over the chicken house? 1 thought he was such a good dog, too.” The mystery was solved by the dis- agreeable neighbor. He came over the fence later in the day. “Lost your hens, hain't you?’ he asked of John, with friendly interest. “I'd had liked to warn you, only you seemed huffy about that dog.” “What do you mean?” asked John, quite humbly this time. “Well,” said the other, “Jim’s been owned by quite a good many folks hereabouts. He's a chicken dog.” “A chicken dog!” exclaimed John Walton. “Yes, sir. Old Moses tfained him to steal chickens since he was a pup. He sells him round, and when Moses comes for his dinner Jim knows him and helps him round 'em up. Then he goes back home. I guess Moses has gold Jim half a dozen times since I've been here.” “Do you mean to say that infernal dog has caught all my chickens?” cried John Walton. “I'll shoot him. Why hasn't anybody else killed him?" The other chewed a straw reflec- tively. “O, well, he’s just & boy's dog,” he answered. “Besides, nobody raises chickens hereabouts.” “And Moses?”" “Ha, ha! You'd have to be smart to catch Moses. Why, all he does is just to stand outside and whistle.” “You haven't got a gun, have you?” demanded John quietly. “Well, yes,” admitted the -other. “But I wouldn’t shoot old Jim, if I was you. He's a real boy’s dog.” “What do you mean by that?” asked John. : A plercing scream from the bottom of the garden answered him. Mary came running from the house. ‘Bob- by!"” she gasped. They raced togeth- er toward the duck pond. On the brink sat Bobby, very wet and very much terrified. Beside him, licking the boy’s face and wagging [._. his tail, sat Charlie, also wet. There was a rent in Bobby's pinafore, where Charlie’s teeth had met to drag him from the water. Mary Walton caught Bobby in her arms, and Charlie jumped gleefully be- side her. In silence the four returned to where their neighbor stood. Then John Walton stooped down and laid his hand caressingly on Char- lie's head. “Never mind that gun, neighbor,” he said. *I guess I know what you mean now. By the way, do you know anybody who wants the gift of a roos- ter?” “T guess old Moses might take him,” answered the other, chewing his straw. (Copyright, 1014, by W. G. Chapman.) REALIZc VALUE OF FORESTS People of Switzerland Mean to See That the Land Is Not Denuded of Its Trees. In Switzerland only small tracts of the forests are denuded at one time. The portions from which the timber is cut are immediately replanted, and by the process of removal and replant- ing the forest area is always covered with growing trees. Article 24 of the federal constitution, adopted by pop- ular vote in 1887, says: “The confed- eration has the right of surveillance over the police in the control of the forests. It also has the right of cor- rection of causes of the overflow of streams and of the replanting of for- ests along their sources.” Both the federal and the cantonal governments give 2id and encourage- ment in the way of subsidies, especial- ly for the protection and conservation of the forests, roi only because of their economic valie but because they protect lite and property in the vil- lages and communities in the moun- tainous districts from avalanches. The pinesg, larches and other trees that grow and thrive in the high- er altitudes and sterile soil of the mountains offer the only protection azainst avalanches and landslides, which not infrequently destroy whole villages and do ereat damage to com- munities in their devastating courses. In 1894 the total forest area of Switzerland was 2,091,000 acres, repre- senting 20.2 per cent. of the total sur- face area of the country. In 1911 the forest acreage was 2,238,000, equal to 21.86 per cent. of the total area of the country, an increasa of 167,000 acres. Instead of being an expense, the forests of Switzerland are a source of profit to the government. | and down at the foot of the list of great powers is the United States with $1,028,000,000. But if the nations of | the world owe much they also own | much What the World Owes. Do you worry when your monthly bills come around? If you do, it might be worth while to know that there are some real debtors in the world, writes Oswald F. Shuetter in Leslie’s. For statistics that have just been completed at Washington reveals the fact that the national debts of the world aggregate $42,000,000,000. Ten years ago it was about $32,000,000,000, and forty years ago it was but a little over $20,000,000,000—having doubled in four decades. The largest national debt is that of the Republic of France, a total of $6,284,000,000. The next larg- est is that of the United Kingdom, in- cluding British India, a total of $4, 961,000,000. Germany lacks less than $50,000,000 of this total, the debt of the empire and of the German states | totaling $4,914,000,000. Russia owes $4,553,000,000; Austria-Hungary, $3.- 753,000,000; Italy, $2,707,000,000; Spain $1,815,000,000; Japan, $1,242,000,000, For their annual revenues to- tal $12,179,000,000 and their annual expenditures, $12,308,000,000. flhe Cost of Living is M W. 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