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ew Additions to Rivers And Harbor Bill

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COMMITTEE IS FAVORABLE

Apalachlcola River Will Have BfggerSum For

FaVors Measure

Washington The river find harborin the form in which it has been

reported out of the senate commit-tee oft commerce contains a numberof amendments that are of Interestlo Florida and which were jjecured bySenator Platcher who is a memberof the commerce committee

The bill as it left the house con-

tained an appropriation ot 38500 forcontinuing the improvement of thewaterway between Savannah and Ferpandlna The senate committee in-

creased the amount to 77400 whichIs enough to complete the improve-ment

The appropriation for ApalachicolaBay is Increased from 15000 to 25000

The appropriation for St AndrewsDay is Increased from 30000 to 46

000The appropriation for continuing theimprovement of St Johns river fromJacksonville to the ocean is increasedfrom to 577000

The appropriation for Apalachicolariver is increased from 20000 to 35

000Thefollowing now legislation was

Inserted in the bill by the senatemerco committee

The secretary war is authorized-to appoint a board of three officersof the engineer corps of the UnitedStates to examine and appraisethe value of the work and franchisesof the East Coast canal from the St

Johns river to Key Westto the desirability jot

purchasing said canal by the UnitedStates and the construction over theroute of the said canal of a free and

having depth andcapacity sufficient toy

f ikjl war thelimits 6r the appropriation hereinmade shall and ihvsti

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a of any parallelrbtite between Said points The saidboard shall make a report of Its worktogether with its cqnclusions uponthe probable and commercial advan-tages and military and naval use ofsaid route or routes to the secretary-of war wKo shall transmit the same

rtodongifeSs as soon as practicable

AGENTS ARE NEEDED

Governor Trammell RecommendAgricultural And

Agents

tloferuor Park Tramyears ago adopted a plan f

sending put from time to tlint for publlcatlon before the meeting of the legIslaturo certain of thetions which he proposed to make toHai body upon its convening

One of the recommendations whichtipvernor Trammell wade to the lastlegislature and tyhicb will be renewed

approaching Session will pe the

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gs Tfitf demonstration work which hasbeen carried on by the unlver

ksity and the federal government hasmade1 apparent the value to our farm

and fruit growers of agriculturalhorticultural and stock breeding

There Is room for en-largement of this very beneficial workThe fact that the work of the agricul-tural experiment station Is more orless limited by lack of funds and thelarge territory lo cover suggests thevalue of a demonstrator in the coun-ties who would be skilled In properaethdds of farming and fruit growingselection pt teed and plants breedingpflite stock extermination of pests

judging the value and proportionsfertilizers treatment of soils and the

of trees and plantsrecommend that u law bd passed

SUihoHxlng the board pf county commis sipnera 6t each county to employsuca agricultural and

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SHOW FLORIDA INDUSTRIES

Moving Pictures Will Be OfOyster and Naval Stores

Industries

Tallahassee Floridas oyster andnaval stores industries will be snownin the movies This is the firstmoving picture to be made of this lbdustry and will compose over 600 feetof film and portrays from the virginforest to the manufactured productready for market The following sceneswere produced

I Long leaf pine forest from whichspirits of turpentine and rosin aremanufactured

2 Panorama of turpentine farmshowing barrels of rosin m foreground

3 Hacking placing gum cup andchipping virgin tree

4 Gum dripping into cup6 Dipping gum from cup and placing-

in dip bucket6 Emptying gum into gum barrel7 Panorama of boxed trees ready

for scraping8 Scraping A piece of scrape9 Emptying scrape from scrape box

into tempo barrel10 Loading gum and scrape into tur

pentine wagon11 Charging still12 Distilling turpentine13 Placing strainer over rosin vat

lined with cotton batting14 Discharge of rosin from still15 Dipping hot rosin from vat to

barrel16 Woods rider and workmen17 Burning dross from

still18 Cooper at work making rosin

barrels19 Placing glue in turpentine bar

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WASHINGTONS BIRTHDAY

City or Eustis Will Celebrate NatalAnniversary Of Father Of

The Country

Eustis From all indications Eustlswill have one of the most successfulcelebrations February 22 in its his-

tory Contracts have been signedwith various attractions some ofWhich will remain jn Euetis throughout the week following Washingtoasbirthday A balloon ascension witlratriple parachute drop has begirt securv-ed for both morning and evening

the evening ascensipn

Sereonat of op fixpsir-leaced man The programstet qt airship spacUV features not In the line ot theStereotyped display Usually seen in afireworks celebration there will besome exciting features In speed

aa there have come td thesewaters some speed boats capable ofmaking thirty to miles anhour and better and these will contest for a prize that to be offered

program committee planning-to have something every minute pftime so that there be no possibil-ity of the visitors having a dull timeSpecial trains are being arranged forfrom surrounding towns with a sched-ule that permit all to stay and setthe program from start to finish

Plant City Baby ShowPlant City Plant City boasts of

having more pretty bright happy ba-

bies and interesting well developedchildren than any other city in thestate and feels so justly proud of

them that she is going to put themon exhibition in the course of severalweeks time A real live baby showwill be here under the auspices-of the ladles of thetery improvement who areplanning a most delightful afternoon-for the people of arideroUs hosts of visitors who will besure ti come to take in such an

sight

Bound For PensacolaKey West The torpedo boat de-

strpyers Flusser and Reid arrived andremained a few days for coal and water and Supplies The Preston wailremain Tortugas for the presentas no further movements have beenstated Sailing last Week were the subsroute to Tampa where they remained-for one day and tljen proceeded tPensacola company with the parentship Prairie which sailed earlier andmet the submarines The Prairie ftby way of the Ship Channel and thesubmarines went out the NorthwestChannel

State Fafr CharterThe iorM State

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OLD GK OF BALL

Played in America Thousands of

Years Ago

Explorers Have round Ruins of Ball

Court In Yucatan With Proof

That the Natives Had TheirNational

is not asnew of popular Impa-tience to have someone stet some-thing as some people may thinkNeither is for a living astrictly modern invention

In fact thotlsandg of years ago waydown in Yucatan impatient crowdsaround inball parks yelled themselveshoarse beat one another in the backand threw their feather headgear intothe arena In theenthusiasm of the moment just as wo are doing today

Also there doubtless were Ty Cobbwhose skill In batting and fieldingwas such that they could attord to holdup the management occasionally for afew more hundred jaguar skins a yearby threats to quit professional balland go

or course the game was not exactlybaseball But the point Is that it wasa ball game that were regularball parks or that therewere professionals who played thegame forwhat there was in it tothorn Mayhap the medium of ex-

change took the form of Jaguar skinspounds of cacoa fancy feathers orWhat not but it was money all thesame and tliey could buy with it atthe club or In the market place asthe case might be

They had their peculiar systems ofslang too atleast in some parts of

the Americas which translated intoEnglish means about as muclwto us asours would to them

All of which Is brought out by MrFtanklln Adams in his story

Games In Latin America inthe Monthly Bulletin of theican Union That the bAn game is anancient institution in the Americasmay be gathered from the following

The ball game indigenous to theAmericas Perhaps the flret

fwd true sport in catchingtb cocoanuts tpaged from the tallpalms It lsthat several

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outOn clearing away the matted forests

enveloping these marvelous ruins ballcourts were disclosed near the mostsacred temples and from the

hieroglyphics and plctographs or-namenting the walls much was learnedof the complicated character of thesport

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explorers who found that a youngerrace in contiguous territory theAztecs had revivedtho old pastime into a National game with a stone

God of Sport beaming on everycourt

The peculiarity of these early gameswas that the ball when In play wasnot thrown with the hand but struckby the hip around which the playerwore a protecting pad of leather

At each end of the court was a greatstone disk with a hole the centerand through this orifice the ball wasdriven before a point was scoredVery naturally a lively ball wasused rubber trees dominated-the forests

Old chroniclers marvel at the skilland endurance of the players for agame Was seldom won under tourhours of constant play Such exhaustIrig contests with a dozen participants-In almost constant action were not foramateurs but professionals Thusfrom the Aztec word olll signifyingball came the word Mollonqui One

who plays ball for a living

Another form of ball game Is playedby the Indian tribes of the Cudularyriver region In the wilds of Brazil Acarefully leveled field lies In front ofthe malokas or large communalhouses and dally at five oclock themen returning from the days fishingor in the acomplicated game like that of theearly Mexican but one calling for ahigh degree of skill as two balls areused by the players who drive themwith the hands toward their oppo-

nentsYellow tail feathers of the Yapoo

bird are affixed to the rubber balls foraccuracy

The Araucanlan Indians of southernChile play an ancient game with wooden balls driven by woMen clubs Ina clearing 300 by 75 yards inclosedby cut branches of trees these Indiansplay chueca which greatly resembleslacrosse orfield hockey The game isplayed from childhood and the playersacquire great skill and the matchesdraw large crowds

The calls for great endurance-and while generally played inthreehour periods several days havebeen known to pass before a decisionwas reached

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told me I was occupying her Louis IVroom but I dont see why she wantedto tell me that for for afterwardslearned that Its the room occupiedby young Mr Scadeon when hes athome

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ONLY ONE THING LACKING

City Man Was Right Enough as toSeason for Tapping Trees But He

Got No Sugar

He had toiled and scraped andsaved for years and the other day bebought that little farm in the country relates the Pittsburgh DispatchHe was not quite settled yet when hecalled on his neighbor to say

Of course I never farmed muchOf course replied Uncle

with a smileSo I shall have to askYou shallYou see I have got five acres ot

woodland-I doI shouldnt have bought the far

but for that woodland-NO

It has been of our dreamsyears past to make our maplesugar

YesAnd now that we are here at last

I want to ask you If this is the seasonfor tapping the trees

Why yes this Is the season allright but

ButBut you havent got a durnod

maple on the farm and there aintore within five miles of us

Face to FaceSuddenly they found themselves

Just as our story opens face to facein the ditch

You hetion almost disguising the cloveshis breath

It was some moments before eithercould speak for hiccoughs

Then he stuttered softly Youshe mumbled

They leaned toward each other asthough the end of their noses weremagnets Instead of rosy headlights

Then he bawled You yShe also had found her voice JfYou sheOh remorsefully this Is

wrong of usShe sighed acquiescence and they

partedForgive them reader They had

been divorced only a weeki

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man named e and thoguest of the evening GeorgeWashington Green chiefthe little church that White occasion

said and at Us Ufr nsjtebegan to carve the caickeni TiflnDeacon Green became lacetious

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