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The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1907-04-19
POSSIBILITIES
OF EXTENSION
The Greatest Engineering Feat
OF Modern Times.
FUTURE: OF KEY WEST
From Chicago to Havana Without Change
viii be Possible. Difficulties
Attending Construction.

Within less than three years it will be
possible to board sleeping car in Chi.
cage and travel without charge to
Havana, Cuba. That possibility will
mark the practical completion of the
Key West extension of the Florida
East Coast railway from Miami south
ward l26 miles to the farthest outpost
of the sickle-shaped chain of islets
which curve around the southern en-
tremity of Florida, Engineers who have
had to deal with big problems in rail-
road building, pronounce this one of the
most noteworthy feats undertaken by
any transportation system in recent
years.
The difficulties to be overcome are
nothing short of monumental. All ma
terial, including the broken stone for
the concrete, must be shipped by boat
from Miami near which town it is quar-
ried, and the same Is true of all fuel,
supplies and water for the men upon
the work. In many places, in order to
get supplies to the excavators, the
supply boats have to travel s or 8 miles
out of their way to reach a point not
over mile distant in straight line.
Every drop of water used by the men
and machinery has been, and still con-
tinues to be transported in tanks more
than 100 miles.
At Key West about 10 acres in the
shallow water is being bulkheaded and
filled in by two large dredges.
This fill will be used for extensive
docks and terminals from which an
ocean-going ferry will transport cars
directly to Havana. The present plans
include the construction at Key West
of one large dry dock and ten wharves.
each 800 feet long and 100 feet wide,
with basins 200 feet wide between, in
which the depth of the water will be
from 90 to 20 feet. The great piers will
afford berths for 40 boats 400 feet long.
With the harbor facilities afforded by
the work in contemplation it is expected
that Key West will almost Immediately
rank with New Orleans, Mobile and
Galveston as Il commercial port, and
that large proportion of the passenger
fast freight, and express business be-
tween Cuba and the United States will
be- secured to the road, as we'll as a fair
share of the great volume of shipping
that will some day be going through
he Panama canal. Franklin Wood in
Moldvs Magazine for April.
The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1907-04-19
Surveying Route of East Coast Canal.

Messrs. Geo. F. Miles and Geo. W.
Gibbs returned last night from trip
up North river and the country beyond,
whittier they went to look over the
route of the East Coast canal. Survey
ors are at work on the route and actual
work will begin soon. The right of way
will be cleared first and dredging will
commence after the cut south of the
city is completed, says the Record.
Only 1000 feet remains to be dis
sected before the waters of the Halifax
river and Matanzas bay are united.
The dredge is making from fifty to
seventy feet day progress and a month
more will probably see the finish of this
cut. After the strip is divided and a
water way opened the dredge will be
placed at work deepening the shoals.
The burning of one dredge some months
ago retarded the completion of the
canal six months at least. Boats will
be running through the inland water
way next winter and this will be one
of the most pleasant trips in the State.
The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1907-04-19
EXPORT PINEAPPLE
GROWERS MEETING

The directors Of the Florida East
Coast Export Pineapple Shippers held
a meeting Friday morning in the office
oC ". T. doses for thepurpose of elect
mo forwarding agent for shipping
shis seasons crop abroad, says the West
paln Beach Tropical Sun. Present at
rhe meeting were: James E. Andrews;
Fort Pierce; N. {. Hardee, Boynton,
". l. Dyer Stuart: g. c. Mathams
and W. r. Moses, West Palm Beach;
and G. A. Long, Bocaratone. After
discussion regarding the business of the
association. on motion, Walter Hawkins
of jacksonville was unanimously elected
agent for this season.
The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1907-04-19
PROPOSE SHIP CANAL
TO CROSS FLORIDA

The idea of building ship canal
across the peninsular of Florida never
grows old. 1t is periodically aroused to
do duty again, Senator Adams has
offered resolution in the Florida legis-
lature memoralzing the Congress of
the United States. through the States
representatives. to have survey made
to determine the practicability of build
ing canal across the peninsular, If
the Governor continues with his drain
ag pp ,ration, he will at the same time
answer the inquiry of the past century
in regard to the building of cross state
canal. His plan was to cut a canal
from st. Lucie to Lake Okeechobee
from the east side and to open up the
Caloosahatchie river on the west side.
This will give an open waterway
across.
If the canal for drainage purposes is
not wide enough or deep enough for
general navigation it will be an easy
matter, attended with comparatively
small cost, for the general government
to complete the canals in these lespects
for navigable purposes, and this would
shorten the distance between New York
and New Orleans by several hundred
miles, and would offer an inland pas
sage much safer than that now used
through the Florida straits.
The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1907-04-19
BILL TO PROTECT
RAILROAD TRAiNMfN

Tallahassee, April II, The feXt Of
house bill No. lic. introduced ~ Nr
Millinor, of Madison. IS rs follows
A bill to be entitled. IN nc. for the
protection of conductors. engineers and
mOtOrmen
Be it enacted by the Legislature Of
the State of Florida:
Section l. That on and after the pas
sage of this act and approved ~ lhV
Governor. that no engineer, mJt0rman
or conductor in this state, sinai! take
any engine. locomotive, or ears OUT
from or through any terminus station,
after having been on active Guy Tor
sixteen hours without taking at FEAST
aioht hours Oft. of active duty and no
engineer, motorman or conductor II
this state shall take any engine, loco
motive or cars by. or through any s'a-
tion or water tank having telegr"P0'e
or other wire communication equipment
with sufficient side track to accon'n'o-
date such engine, locomotive, or GERS
with their train after having been on
active duty for sixteen hours, without
taking at least eight hours OFT of active
duty if terminus station cannot oe
reached within four additional hours
Section 2. Any person or persons
violating the provisions of this act sna''
be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon
CONNECTION shall be fined not less than
s,o nor more than $500, or imprisoned
in the county Jail not less than ten days
-. ,,oro than three months, at the dis
erection Of the court
Section 3. All laws, or parts o' '""S
in conflict with this act, be- anu '"e
same are hereby repealed
The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1907-04-19

but recently have received several
letters anxiously inquiring about con-
ditions and wishing to know If ! really
thought it would be safe to remain,
and hence | have been led to believe
that some are actually resting under
the delusion that the "noble red man.
is daubing his person with war paint
and stick ing rooster feathers in his hair
p 'eparatory to swOoping down upon the
settlements in true western style.
To say that all these exaggerated
statements are wholly unwarranted is
putting the matter mildly. There is as
much danger of an Indian uprising as
there is of a Hottentot invasion of Eng
land. The white people are the only
ones agitated in this matter.
am well acquainted with the Semi.
noles and also happen to know that
there are not more than ninety men in
the State of Florida who belong to the
red tribe. These are scattered from
here to Miami and Fort Myers and are
p,aceable, inoffensive, nOncombatants
The Indian Is not the fool some think
him to be. He knows the slightest dis
turbance coming from him would mean
the annihilation of his people with no
beneficial results to him in any way.
The Indians would, doubtless. be
much amused if they knew that our
folks were really anticipating trouble
from them. Chief Billie Smith did feel
aggrieved about the removal of Tom
Tigers bones, but that he meditated an
attack on the white people is too absurd
to even consider seriously. Let this
note suffice for all those who have en-
tertained fears about the stability of
their hair and treat all future rumors
of Indian ravages with the ridicule they
deserve. d. S. CARLTON.
The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1907-04-19

ing OF Institutes and ;he endowment of
libraries and schools each year than the
whole roya family " England can
command.
Alfonso KILL king oi dccadent Spain,
has 81, 100000 a ycar to provide the
style that should surround king, but
Col. John Jacob Aston could easily ont
squanier this youthful monarch if he
felt so disposed The Kaiser receives t.
small annual allowance. only $3.50 Ol0.
so that william K. Vanderbilt or Au.
gust BelmonC has more ready money at
his disposal than Germany's Emperor.
Fully one-half cf the railway mileage
of the world Is in the United States.
and We possess one-thrd of all the
worlds banking power, An accurate
measurement Of our monetary strength
shows that We are really in claS; by
ourselves, and in many respects actually
assuming the proportions Of a worthy
rival of all the rest of Christendom
combined, No wonder Europe views
our growth with alarm and would like
to talk Us into a war with Japan or
some other power in the hope of having
US crippled,
To say the valuation of the wealth
of the United States is $lO7, 900, OOO. 600
is not understandable. A hundred
billion dollars Is such Il pile of money
that the mind simply cannot grasp its
meaning on the instant. 1t is more
than twice the total amount of the
wealth of the United Kingdom, of
France, or of Germany; and over three
times that of Russia or of Austria
Hungary. Probably the best way of
illustrating the actual extent of Uncle
Sans riches is to state that if he could
convert all his assets into money he
would have nearly four times as much
as would be required to pay off the
entire national debt of all the govern
ments in the world, including his own.
We paid more than half million
dollars to run the machinery of the
federal government last year, but when
the final balances were struck the taxes
collected were over twenty-five nit
lions in excess of the expenditures.
Although our treasury is bullying with
wealth, if Congress should pass an
inheritance tax law, such as the Pres-
dent favOrs, the bulk of the great for
tunes of our millionaires would eventu-
ally revert to the government. This
regulation to control swollen fortunes
by making them revert to the state
would give us funds to prosecute such
schemes for public Improvement as
would dwarf the most prelentious
creations of all the builders of history.
Even as it is. our national wealth
has already SCARED higher than the
imaginings of the most sangune OF
our early optimists. To what extent 1t
will yet go even the mosL astute OF
living men can only conjecture.
The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1907-04-19
NO INDIAN UPRISING
SAYSSHfRIFF CARLTON
Fort Pierce, Fla, April II, 1907

Fort Pierce, Fla, April II, 1907.
Editor TRIBUNE:
viii you please insert this short letter
in your paper for the benefit of the
timid who really seem to have taken
the Indian scare seriously ?
For some time did not credit the
statement that some of our citizens were
alarmed about the supposed attitude OF
tbe Indians towards the white people,
thinking the statements | had heard
about people leaving the country or
threatening to leave We're idle gossip;
The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1907-04-19
Attending Odd Fellow Meeting.

B. L. Baldwin left last Saturday for
St. Petersburg, where he went as re-
preventative of Atlantic Lodge, No. 30,
|. O. o. F. of Fort Pierce, to the meet
ing of the Grand Lodge. Mr.. Baldwin
will visit in several towns before he re-
turns home.
The forum. [volume] (Springfield, Ill.) 1904-192?, 1907-09-14
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Please don't put the collectors off
by telling them you want to see the
editor. We employ them because We
have not time for that ourselves,
When the collectors come, pay them.
VIRGIL MOTLEY, Solicitor,
The forum. [volume] (Springfield, Ill.) 1904-192?, 1907-09-14
Time Table Of Springfield Consolidated

ime apIe OF SprinQneio NohsoIodtso
Railway Co.
Cars for North Fifth street will
leave Fifth and Monroe every tn
minutes from 6:07 a. m, until 500 p. |
M. every 10 minutes from 500 p. m. |
until 1920 p. m: owl cars will leave
Cars for South Fifth street will
leave Fifth and Monroe every IN
minutes from 6:07 a. m until 7:45 p.
Fifth and Monroe every II minutes
from 800 a. m. until 1924 p. M; owl
cars leave at 11:4S p. M, 1900 mid
night and 1924 o. m.
Cars for North Seventh street leave
Fifth and Monroe every IL minutes
from 900 a. m. until 1124 p. m; owl
cars leave at 11:4S p. m. and 1924
q. N.
Cars for Spring street leave Fifth
and Monroe every IL minutes from
eos a. m. until 11:2O p. M; owl cars
leave at 11:44 p. m, 1908 and 1890
O. m.
Cars for East Carpenter street leave
Fifth and Monroe every IL minutes
from 6:08 a. m. until 11:20 p. M; owl
cars leave at 11:44 p. m, 1907 and
1890 a. m.
Cars for South Grand avenue leave
Fifth and Monroe every Is minutes
from 6:07 a. m. until 1922 p. M; owl
cars leave at 11:45 p. m, 1907 and
| 1890 a. m.
Cars for Lawrence avenue leave
Fifth and Monroe every IL minutes
from 800 a. m, until H. SO p. M; owl
cars leave at 1900 midnight and 1880
L. m.
Cars for North Ninth street leave
Fifth and Monroe every IL minutes
from 500 a. m. until 11:36 p. m.
Cars for East Capitol avenue leave
Fifth and Monroe every IL minutes
from 500 a. m. until 1876 p. M; owl
cars leave at 1900 midnight and 1880
H. m.
Cars for South Eleventh and Rut-
ledge streets leave Fifth and WASH
ington every Is minutes from GOT q
m. until 11:22 p. m; owl cars leave at
11:52 p. m. and 1922 a. m.
Cars for West Washington street
leave Fifth and Monroe every Is min
utes from 800 a. m. until 11:15 D. M;
owl cars leave at 11:45 p. m. and 12:
a. m.
Cars for Governor street leave Fifth
and Monroe every Is minutes from
s:07 a. m. until 11:22 p. M; owl cars
| leave at 1890 a. m.
Cars for South Eighth street leave
Fifth and Monroe every Is minutes
from SOC p m. until lis p. m.
The forum. [volume] (Springfield, Ill.) 1904-192?, 1907-09-14

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can secure the New York Age, Boston
Guardian, The Freeman, Richmond
Planet, The Voice, The Colored Amer
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The forum. [volume] (Springfield, Ill.) 1904-192?, 1907-09-14

Capitol City Lodge, No. II, K. of P,
meets every second and fourth Mon
day night OF each month in Masonic
hall on North Eighth street. Specia'
meetings made knowL by X. of r.
4 S..
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-05-03
JUDGE Phanco Goes AWAY

The Bachelors club Of Corona gave
q farewell reception to one of its men,
bers, Mr.. Geo. Phanco, popularity
known as the Corona Judge George is
one of the old settlers of Roberts
county and Corona has lost one of its
best and most respected citizens by
his departure. He has many friends
here who love him for his honesty, his
manly character and his many acts of
kindness to those who needed his help.
Butte county may we'll be proud to
him as q citizen. as few men now
settling in that new country carry
with them q better record than orr
and brother the Judge. AS q
mark of esteem and in remembrance
of his friends at Corona, the boys of
the Bachelors club presented him with
hand some suit case. A number of
the members at the last meeting gave
. short talk. wishing the Judge many
DAYS and prosperity in his new
home, and the Judge gave the Bache-
Tors avery appropriate speech in re-
turn. He certainly Q how to talk
when be is at his best, and the occasion
arises. We hone he will always be
enough to be able to sit down
TO rs bounteous q feast as our genial
landlord Mr.. HUSKY provided Is his
farewell banquet. Three cheers for
the Judge
CORONA BACHELOR CLUB.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-05-03
BIG STONE
April rs.


Deputy Sheriff Cross was down from
Milbank Monday giving the jurors
their official invitations to attend the
May term of Circuit court. Messrs.
Henry Kienholz and Ed. Roberts rep
resent Big Stone City.
Chas. E. Cobb left for Gary over
land Tuesday, John Korte furnished
the teams. Mr.. Cobb's mother at
Viola, Minnesota, who has been ill
for some time, is very low and he IN
tended to take the Tuesday night train
from Gary to Viola.
Col. Tom Fitch, Of Milbank, has
leased the Minnewarmett Hotel for the
season and will open it about June
lst. Associated with him is his wife's
sister, Mrs. Mcdonald, of Minneapo-
lis. People who know the Colonel
know that the Minnewarmette is going
to be q great place to stop at this
summer. 1t will make some of the
old soldiers over ON the Shining
Shore wish they hadn't been in such a
hurry, when they hear that Tom Fitch
is running q MOTEL at Simpson Park.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-05-03
Bis Soule was . Wilmot visitor

Bis Soule was . Wilmot visitor
Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gus Hart have moved
into the Voigt house, recently vac ated
by the Francis family.
Mrs. D. ~. Campbell entertained
the members and visitors OF the ladies
aid of the M. E. church last Thursday
afternoon.
Mrs. Chas. Francis and Miss Ala
left Monday afternoon for Wetanka, a
new town west OF A berdeen, where they
will run q boarding honse for the
McCaull-Webste carpenters. Mr..
Francis has been there all winter.
The Corona Bachelors Society held
a farewell reception in honor OF the
departure of one of their brothers,
"Judge Phanco," who goes out to the
wild and woody Butte county to- take
up abode on his claim. The meeting
was held in the once we'll known head
quarters over Bentson's drug store.
About twenty were in attendance.
After an hour or SO talking over old
times and prognosticating the future,
the literary part of the program was
at once opened when Paul Kohler
made a brief speech in behalf Of the
club, presenting Mr.. Phanco with a
fine leather suit case. The judge in
his very able amer replied at length
with an elaborate speech Of acceptance
thanking the boys for their gift, the
meeting, and inviting all to call on
him in his new home. One thing
which impressed very much those who
were present, and some of the neigh
bors as we'll, was w A. Soule in his
famous baritone solo, ''Three Old
Jews" Other songs and speeches
followed which were not confined to
the English language alone. In all
seven different 3 rguages were repre-
sented. At the close of the program
the meeting repaired to the Corona
House where q sumptous midnigh,
supper was served, at the close Of
which each and every one toasted &c
the health and prosperity Of Judge
PhancO.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-05-03
CORONA DEPARTMENT

Ed. Drucker and Frank Smith, Of
Milbank, were In the village Tuesday.
Jos. Goslin was over from Summit
the first ofthe week visiting his mother.
Miss Kate Austin who is teaching at
Stockholm came home Saturday even
ing.
Misses Corinne and Florence Hills
made q tooth. pulling trip to Milbank
Monday.
L. P. Ranous has :een looking
after his farms in this vicinity during
the past week.
Fred Port was in the village Friday
looking after matters in the music and
sewing machine line.
c. braves, of Will not, was a guest
of his daughter, Mrs. G. H. Soule be-
tween trains, Tuesday.
j. H. Ehrle was in town Monday
visiting relatives, and checking up
McCaull-Webster elevator stations
along the line.
When you are at Corona, just take
notice of the shoe bargain counter.
You will find it at the Corona Mer.
camille Co. store.
Geo. Phanco. Bert Davis, L.. Steele
and James Pew left for Butte county
this state Saturday morning. Pew and
| Steele took their car with them.
DR.. Prouty has just received a new
and up-to-date outfit Of surgical in
struments, operating chair, and other
things necessary for a wide awake
surgeon. He has himself very attrac-
lively located in three rooms over
Bentsons' drug store.
The young folks of Corona and vi
entity were entertained at the home
of D. w. Campbell last Wednesday
teenth birthday of Miss Hazel. 1t was
received many beautiful gifts.
The Corona M. E. choir went to
Wilmot last Sunday, accompanying
Rev. Hughes in his regular fortnight
services there. Following are the
members of the choir: Mrs
Campbell. Miss Hazel Campbell, Mrs.
Elphick, Mrs. Gus Hart, Chss. Elp-
hick. w. H. Peek, j. F. Dawson and
w. E. jennings.
Herb JOHN has been hired by the
Wilmot base ball nine to pitch fol
them this year. 1t has been apparent
to him for some time that he is out 81
his class with the Corona boys. W.
are really glad t see him get where
he can do better and where his work
will receive good support and be ap
preciated. The Corona nine is vel
equipped in every way with tn,
exception of that all important factor
q battery. The nine promises to MAKE
q deal soon whereby they will procur,
q good one.
Corona Mercantile Company tool
in over nine cases of eggs last 5atur
day, breaking all the previous re
cords IN egg receipts.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-05-03
STRAWBERRY

April has gone and very little seed
ing is done in this neighborhood-still
cold.
Martin Anderson, GU genial car-
penter had two of his fingers cot off
one day last week in Peterson's plan
ing machine. This will cripple him
for quite awhile, but nevertheless Mar
tin is always smiling and we wish him
q speedy recovery.
Yesterday the auditor of the Pacific
Elevator Co. was here checking up the
business with their agent. They in
tend to close up their elevator for the
balance OF the season. We under
stand their present agent, Albert
Lundquist intends to leave. We all
regret to see him leave as he has made
many friends. he Elevator company
also regret to see him go. Wherever
you go, Albert, our best wishes will
be with you.
Sunday afternoon we had another
silver wedding and Andrew Berg and
his wife were the parties concerned.
The guests left a fine silver table set
as q momento of the occasion. Mr..
and Mrs. Berg are among the first
settlers in the hills, coming here in
1880, and anyone who passes their
place, will notice that a good deal of
energy and hard work has been ex-
pended on the premises. He owns
over 500 acres of land that cannot be
duplicated on many farms in Grant
county. We congratulate Mr.. and
Mre. Berg on their 18th anniversary
and hope they will pass Is more mile
stones on their married life.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-05-03
STROUSETON
30.

Apili ~.
C. III. Taecker. Renville, was doing
business in our burg today.
Miss Mabel Klumph, of South
Shore. spen: sunday at the home OF
A. NJ. Woolsey.
Miss Anna Geyser is spending the
week with her sis er, Mrs. w. C.
Schultz.
Marion Whitney made a trip to
Summit Monday.
w. G schultz has almost closed
out his entire herd of cattle.
L. F. Heathcote spent Sunday with
+ 'latiyes at Lake View.
Messes j. s. Klumph and Claude
Boyce. of South Shore. are calling or
old friends and n~eighbors today.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-05-03
Excelsies Club

Mrs. V0sburg was hostess for the
club, on Wednesday April oath. Roll
call produced q list Of co%numdrums.
This was followed by the reading of
an article description of the position
occupied by the Emperor of China
and his court. The balance of the
afternoon was given over to business
after which the hostess served q
dainty tea. The club adjourned to
meet with Mrs. Smith May 9Th.
3. C. HALL,
Reporter.