The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1905-11-10


All Florida is preparing for the pig
crest tourist travel the coming winter
She has ever had in her history
There has been over 500, 0OO worm
If real estate changing hands IN Her
nando county in the last 30 days
the people Of Merritt will have a
,school wagon" to run to lndlanola' 80
carry the children to and from Schoo''
Punta Gorda has the reputation as ', a
fishing town. One boat and over 6@'Voo
pounds OF mullet lately arrived there
lanes Osteen is locked up IN the
county jail at st. Augustine charged
with the murder Of George and Ed ,ar'
ter,
Lake Butler has been receiving
number of winter visitors from Mich
igan and they come from one oil 'hc
best counties in that State Eaton
Owing to quarantine restrictions on
travel, the annual convention oil the
Turpentine Operators Association
which was to have been held in Jackson
sonvill in September, will be held early
in December.
Miamis municipal machinery is now
running under new charter which mas
abolished the mayors court for num-
cipal court presided over by munlcIpal
Judge. Other changes have been made
that will benefit the city,
The following rewards have been
offered for the murderers of Charles
Davis and his daughter near Miami;
Citizens of Miami, $3.50; Lodge OF
Elks, $500; Miami Merchants Asso-
citation, $3.50, and the State, $3.50.
The East Coast Lumber Co., at
WATERFOWL, voluntarily increased the
wages of all its mill and yard hands
November /; the reason assigned, in
the notice to the men, being the in
creased value of their products and
the consequent larger returns on the
investment.
New people are constantly pouring
into Mayo, and prospcctors are numer-
Gus, Everyone who goes there en-
presses himself as vel pleased with the
town, and all seem to be surprised at
the rapid strides that Mayo is now
making, and the first class buildings
that are constantly going up.
The record fish catch of the season
was made last Saturday night by Capt.
Proctor and his men. who took 5000
pounds of fish. The catch was divided
between the wholesalers, Col John
Savarese and the Florida Fish and Pro-
ducc company, and shipped in three
carloads punta RaSsa Herald.
The temporary injunction issued out
of the circuit court on October 18th re-.
straining the Bell Telephone company
from crossing the tracks Of the SeabOard
Air Line railway at Starke with their
wires has been dismissed the railroad
company and the telephone people hay
my reached an amcabe adjustment Of
the matter.
The orange crop ON Alligator creek
four miles south Of town, has been
picked and shipped, II was all sold to
Mr., =. NJ, Stevens of Lakeland, and it
amounted to about ~ OOO boxes. The
total price paid was about So, OOO. IL
took sixty men nearly six weeks to pick,
pack and deliver the crop to the cars. -.
Punta Gorda Herald.
/ Phosphate shipped by the Peace River
Phosphate Mining Co, through the port
OF punta Gorda: Oct. 7th, steamship
Shawmut to Philadelphia, 1890 tons;
10Th, by steamship Dorothy to Carteret
n. D., 3230t tons; 3lst, by schooner Flea
nor 7. Bartlan to Alexandria, Va, l745
tons; total, 1865 tons. Shipped previous
~ this year, 81, $50 tons. -Punta Gorda
Herald. ""
WE. Robinson of Palmetto has dis
covered mari cement bed on his farm
OF IA acres that is six feet deep or more
and It is said to be the best material for
building streets yet discovered in the
State. He figures that what he has
on his farm at SO cents a square ward
to be worth about $4,000 There is
talk of company being organized to
work it.
Fourteen cars of steel rails for the OK.