The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1903-07-17


corn and fodder and now the ha,
crop is promising I'll high pric
Of hay and feed for stock will hav,
less terror for the average farmer il
a few weeks.
}. G. Robinson of Seville has pu
ont 40 additional acres in peaches
His experience with this fruit ha
been profitable and he is going int,
peach growing extensively. SevilI,
promises TO become peach centre.
G. w. Pike is still keeping TIL,
books for the Squires Lumber Com
pany, and when seen last SATURDAY.
was engaged in striking trial bal
ance. Mr.. Pike has visited Crescen
City but once since Mrs. Pike left fol-
the north, and then but for q brie
time on his way to Waycross, Ga.
A. T. Squires, the Michigan lumber
baron who recently purchased the
mills at Omega, was expected here
this week with members of his fami,
ly. They will reside temporarily a.
Grove Hall. Mr.. Squires, jr., ex-
poets to make Crescent City his
home as soon as he can arrange for g
house.
Capt. Miller is doing large
amount of dock repairing and build.
ing at ditftr Mt points on the lake
A new wharf is now being built at
Fthe landing to the Gowan grove
the opposite side of the lake. Thi,
work has been made necessary t.
properly handle the growing orang,
crops.
Miss Sallie Turner, in charge OF
Grove Hall during the absence OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Norton reports fairly
good summer business. During thu
| first 30 days Miss Turner had charg
There was nearly 80 arrivals. The
| house is always neat and clean ant
very commercial man who stops
there speaks in glowing turns of th,
quiet, homelike comfort of the place
Mr.. and Mrs. S. w. Goodale have
moved from Detroit to Houghton,
Mich. The move was made neces-
Sary owing to the increase of MI
|
GOodale's professional duties, anC
which requires his almost constant
presence at the latter place. Hough-
Con is in the Lake Superior section
Of Michigan, in the midst of the cop
DER mining industry and fully 50
niles from Detroit
The little steamer Satilla which
lilies between Crescent City and
Omega is having all the business it
can attend to and Capt. Jno. Pigue is
llready figuring on how to increase
mis- facilities. He is building a gaso-
line launch 10 feet in length which
he will have done in time for the
winter tourist season when the de-
mand for passenger boat for trips
to Haw Creek and other points will
be greatly increased. The Satilla
now leaves for Omega at Z u. m, and
arrives at Crescent City on the re-
urn trip about eleven. The round
rip fare is 80 cents.
Omega, the saw mill camp at Dead
Lake, is quite an active settlement
shese days, as upwards of so hands
ire employed constantly in the work
Of the mill and in the woods getting
out logs. The Messrs. Squires d
Stone, the new proprietors, have
taken hold of the property with
much energy, and are making many
improvements, as well as working
the mill for all there is in it. The
company has q we'll stocked commits.
sary and the men can get pretty
much anything they want to eat eX-
cept vegetables. This defect will
certainly be remedied in another
year as there is plenty of excellent
garden land in close proximity to the
mill. The Omega mill has a capacity
of 10000 feet per day. w. l.. Stone
of the firm has just been commits
stoned postmaster. There is consid-
cradle of the mild form of fever at
Omega just now, but the company
has skilled physician in the person
of DR.. r. NJ. Ware, who is popular
with the men, and understand how
to dope them proper.