The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1905-11-24


been raised
GoyornorN. B. Broward has issued MS
annual Thanksgiving proclamation
The people Of Starke have begun
Sunday closing crusade and 1t Is an
nouncrd tnat places Of business Will nave
to have their doors shut after L O ''o'N
noon,
The Tampa Ministerial Association i
making strong fight against the grant
irghy commissioners Of HilSborough
comfy Of licenses to sell liquor on state
Fairgrounds,
Fwi, growers Of Altamonte springs
refuse to allow their oranges to he snip
ped until ripe They want to MAINTAIN
their reputation for sending out the M
est Florida fruit
], 4. Baird II Co.. who have hereto,
fore packed oranges from the DE Lana
Packing House, will operate this winter
from Bcrcsford, where they havca ware
house and packing house.
The paw paw of Southern Florida Is
entirely different from the fruit OF that
name sold in the North, Il somewhat
resembles the cantaoupe, is nearly as
large, and is food tit for the gods,
+. A. Brewer, who has farm ON the
edge of the Everglades, in Dade county
is raising and shipping some of the mn
est egg plants YOU will find in 4 day :
walk. |, averages - to crate.
The DcFuniak Breeze warns Florida
farmers in reference to curing hay 1t
claims native hay is AS good as the best
from any locality, but Il great deal of
it is overripe, poorly cured, or full Of
sand
The fountain in Hcmming Park AZ
Jacksonville collapsed on Wednesday,
just as the park attendant had COM
menccd to clean it, II has stood for
many years, but the heat from the big
fire in 1901 damaged it considerable,
The United States Supreme Court has
affirmed the decision of the State SUI
preme Court in the case of the ,,mpa
Waterworks company IS. Tampa city.
holding that the city has the right To
modify the rates paid by consumers.
About g, 600 has been subscribed by
the members of the Church Club Of
Jacksonville, connected with the EpiS-
copal church, for the erection of per-
manent club building Ex-Governor
Francis F. Fleming is the president of
the club.
Nine steamboats, and forty lighters
have been purchased for the work Of the
Key West extension of the Florida East
Coast railway and this fleet is now on its
way to the scene Of activity, The COM
pany already has twenty-SiX additional
lighters on the work.
DR.. F, d. Miller, city health officer.
and Dr.. K. McGinnis, special assistant
to the state health officer, have decided
to request the Mayor Of Jacksonville to
issue an order instructing the city mar
shall to shoot all dogs running at large
which he believes are affected in any
way with disease
The orange trees in the city are filled
with luscious oranges. While there are
not very many trees at any one place.
many yards have thriving trees, and
each tree is filled with fruit. and here
and there may be found tree from
which hang clusters Of grape fruit. So
many trees contain fruit this season.
that the remark is frequently heard,
Begins to look like old times. -. Apa-
lachicola Times.
"The road from New Smyrna to Day.
tona' says the Breeze. lis now in fine
condition, and will be an ideal drive for
Automobiles this winter. We invite
the visitors of our neichboring cities
north Of us to take a run down 10 New
smyrna and take drive over our u ,
shell streets and see one of the prettiest
towns in Florida. We have much here
to attract the sightseers besides our
shell streets, as this is one of the old
est settlements in the United States
j. \. Mckinney, superintendent Of
the Protective Fruit Association At
Gambler, has constructed a machine +,
spray groves 1t consists of gasoline