The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-12
FLORIDA FLASHES.
Timely Topics of General Interest 10
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Sanford, Fla. March 1L-At last the
tides of travel northward as well as south
ward through this Gate City of South
Florida" show that this has been a good
season for visitors. The river travel is
unusually large and two or three morn
ings in the week a special train comes over
from Orlando or Winter Park with passen-
| gers to take the morning boat to Jackson
Vile.
Clay roads will do very well as n start
er, but for permanence as we'll as real
pleasure there is nothing equal to a well
built shell road, ana that Is what the peo-
pie of Sanford are putting down in the
direction of Orlando to connect, in the
sweet bye and bye, with the clay road
through Winter Park. We are so situated
on Lake Monroe, that it is easy to secure
all the shells needed for streets and roads
at a reasonable price, in quantities, and so
we use this very desirable material instead
of clay.
There are many old friends in Savannah
of the late William E. Alexander, who
came TO our vicinity years ago and had
.ovely home at Fort Reed, who will be
panied to learn of the sudden death of
his daughter Carrie. wife of B. F. Whitner,
Jr., teller of the First National Bank. The
deceased was a young woman of rare do
nestle virtues as well as many accomplish
ments, and her death, following that of
her infant child, has caused deep grief in
a wide circle of loving friends,
My recent notice of J. NJ. La Montagues
rne exhibit of native wines at the Winter
Park fair, has been made the text of many
timely and earnest editorials by leading
Florida papers on the Importance of en-
orr
goods lose value by age, but wine grows
more valuable the longer it is kept. And
TINS tact ought to inspire our grape grow
ers to locate near or cooperate with such
experts in wine making at La Montague
and Homles and Du Bois men who have
made their vineyards a great success.
GOV. Bloxham proposes to see that the
game and fish laws of Florida are prop
erly respected by pot hunters" and
others who have of late grown bold in
| their violations. And this calls to mind
the important fact that the supreme
| courts of several state have decided that
all game is the property of the state and
protected by its laws. No man can kill
and eat or kill and sell game on his priv
ate preserves, as sole or joint club owner,
out of season" Wild game is held to be
wild game, Notwithstanding 1t has been
put into private or club grounds called
game preserves. And now comes the
supreme court of Wisconsin and puts out
a similar decree as to fishing in small
streams running through private game
preserves. The Willow River Club bought
land on both sides of the Willow river in
| order to secure exclusive fishing privileges,
as the stream was only used, irregularly,
| to float logs to mill in time of freshet,
| and small pleasure boats. One j. H.
Elgee tested the right of the club to claim
| Jurisdiction over the stream, small as 1t
Il Ii
/ claim. The club then carried the case
/ to the supreme court, where the decision
was virtually confirmed. There is now,
therefore. ample law fully established, to
enable Gov. Bloxham or the governor OF
any other state, to protect in every pos
| sibile way the game and fish of the COM
monwealth and secure their desired
propagation. All over our state there has
been complaint of reckless infringments
of the game laws, and our sportsmen s
clubs are sustaining the governor in his
| good work