The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1905-08-11

advance lIl l clt'NN' WIZ
building is in progress
The city council Of Jacksonville IA"
taken up the matter of race separation
in the street cars of that city
G. +. Bryan of Jacksonville was the
lowest bidder for the sewer contract At
Tampa. The price was SODIUM
The health report for the city of Pen
sacola the past month shows 'ha' oO'
death rate was not quite one To
thousand.
Gadsden county challenges compar-
son with any other county OF the state
with record of only $6O.l3 delinquent
taxes for 1904.
If such Il thing is possible the citizens
Of West Palm Beach will put in leIc'
phone exchange, probably when the
line is completed.
The Continental hotel at Atlantic
Beach has closed for the season, not
withstanding the business was claimed
to be the best ever
The election in Lake City was carried
for the issuance of $l35, 900 in bonds Tor
for city improvements, The vote stood
1875 for to against.
The supreme court has killed all hope
of Sunday base ball in Jacksonville.
That law of the last Legislature is one
that is constitutional.
The city attorney of West Palm
Beach draws salary Of $40 month
and the city marshal and tax collector
combined draws $50 month.
A recent police census for Jackson
| vile and st. Augustine shows popula-
. ton of 40, 600 for the former place and
over 5000 for the ancient city.
The question Of uniting Manatee and
Bradcntown under one charter was
voted down at a meeting Of the JOINT
consolidating committees of the two
places last week.
1t is stated that the Messrs. Bowling
of Suwannee county will make an effort
to induce a colony of Ohio Germans to
locate near Live Oak, They are the
kind of settlers that Florida wants,
A great many new residences are be-
ing erected in Miami in anticipation OF
next seasons rush of tourists. Last
season it was impossible to accommo-
date all; in fact, it is impossible to rent
desirable house or cottage there now,
so great is the demand.
One man shipped from Zolfo July Is,
$4,000 worth of wool. The wool sold on
the depot for that amount; and this is
only one of the smallest of the varied
industries that put over a million dol
lars Il year in the pockets of the DeSoto
county citizens. Advertiser.
{, II. Iloiiner of Pinecastle, appointed
commissioner for Orange county to pre-
pare an exhibit Of the splendid resources
of the county at the mid winter fair in
( Tampa, has had charge Of Orange
county $ exhibit for the past three fairs,
and has been eminently successful.
Sarasota is being cleaned from center
to circumference, and placed in good
sanitary condition. bitches are being
cleaned, weeds and bushes cut down
and hauled away, and the life Of the
festive mosquito made Of short duration
by the application, where needed of
crude petroleum.
On july 18th, two young men ler,
Green Cove Springs for bicycle trim
to Portland, Oregon. If all that energy
were expended on Bradford county
cotton farm or strawberry garden
these young men would soon be able TO
wear diamonds and ride to Portland on
Pullman car. - Starke Telegraph.
The Southern Bell Telephone company
is constructing long distance telephone
line from Jacksonville to Gainesville
via Starke, This, of course, gets Gaines.
vile in connection with the balance Of
the world, as the long distance lines
run out of Jacksonville to Atlanta and
Savannah and on north.
Several of the over-anxious citizens of
Tampa who skipped out of town when
the mild yellow fever case of the New
Orleans refugee, Victor Vitello was FIRST
announced, have already come back.
The prospect Of the early recovery Of
the Italian and the present absence Of
any other case in town has restored the
confidence of even the timd ones.
Ocala is aroused over the APPOINTMENT
by Governor Broward of Gen. Bullock =
successor without wo;t;,,. en