The San Mateo item. (San Mateo City, Putnam County, Fla) 189?-19??, 1909-07-17

coast will be about one hundred thou.
sand boxes the coming season. Figur.
ing the sales at 81 per box, the mon
ey brought to this neighborhood Is
not hard TO find.
A corps OF engineers, Il Is rumor.
ed, are routing a line from Jackson
Vile to Middleburg, and II true, when
finished, will give the Middleburg sec
ton OF the country much needed
transportation facilities, and one
which will cause this part OF Florida
10 "bloom like a rose" as some OF
the very best lands I'm Floriad can be
found along Beach creek, and all that
Is needed TO rival or exceed any other
part OF the state for farming, fruit
growing or trucking, celery, onions,
Irish potatoes, sugar cane, sweet po-
tatoe culture, is quick transportation
for the products grown.
The new Sanford and Everglades
railroad has been built to Cameron
City, recently founded on the shores
of Lake Jessup. This will give the
road about seven miles OF track ready
for operating before the fall crops
are planted.
From reports II seems likely that
Florida will have the best cotton crop
raised in the south this year, IL the
heavy rains now prevailing do not
damage 1t. Florida will also raise
the largest crop of corn in its his
tory. Our farmers, since they have
learned how TO raise some fifty bush
els to the acre instead of the fifteen
which used to be the average, have
felt encouraged to go more extensive
ly into the culture Of that cereal
Ocala needs new opera house and
soliciting committee OF two has
been out to procure subscriptions 10
fund to build one. These gentle.
men secured two-thirds of the amount
the first day they were out This is
an evidence at once of the prosperity
of Ocala and the public spirit of its
citizens.
There has been a great fatality
among the horses in st. Lucie county
along the Indian river. Some veter-
inarians diagnose the disease as
something akin to cerebro-spinal men
nights, others attribute II to stomach
staggers, or liver trouble; but all
agree that II is caused by poor, mus
ty feed. A considerable quantity of
the grain brought from some northern
condition.
Illinois levies an inheritance tax
and the Nelson Morris estate recent
ly paid into the treasury of that state
the amount of $165,899.52 on that ac-
count. Florida has no great fortunes
as yet, but the day may come when
an inheritance tax will be a very
convenient thing to have.
The keys lime crop will not begin
to move in any great proportion for
several weeks yet, it is reported,
though small quantities are being
shipped. The crop is late, but about
the average in size and quality, It
is said. Dealers in soft drinks and
owners Of soda water stands are in
terested in this item.
A write-up of Mayo, county seat
OF Lafayette, one of the most prom
Using counties of Middle Florida, APP
peared recently in the Washington Cd.
ca Herald in which the magic growth
OF that little city is thus described:
Mayo calls itself the biggest little
town In Florida a claim that is JUS
tihed by its progressive spirit. With
a population OF little over 400 in
1905, IL now has 1000. But a cross
road In the piney woods of Lafay-
cite county few years ago, II is now
town with electric lights, ice plant,
water works, paved streets, up to-
date telephone exchange, a stone court
house, an artificial stone high school
building that would do credit to
city, bathing pools and a park In the
heart OF the town" Lafayette's wealth
consists mainly In long staple cotton,
corn, horses and cattle, according TO
the last state census, but IL has an
abundance OF land good for trucking
and small fruit and more attention is
being paid every year TO vegetables
and small fruits. But, like most Flor.
da committees Iafaunffn,n ornal 1911