The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1909-06-04
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ies'oiy that Pit'Ce HoW podStS VI
population of 5, 754.
The House of Representatives last
week passed the bank guaranty bill by
vote of 81 to %, but killed the By
mum State printery plant bill.
The Florida State Pharmaceutical
Association will convene in Gainesville
on June 9 and 10. On June s, one day
prior to the meeting, the state board of
pharmacy will hold their examination.
The Continental hotel at Atlantic
Beach was opened last Saturday, un-
der the management of H. E. Bemis
1t is enjoying splendid patronage,
guests coming from almost every
southern state.
The house last week voted five
thousand dollar appropriation for a
silver service for the battleship Flor
ida now under construction. This, with
the public subscription already taken,
will give this batteship $1,000 SER
vice.
Charles j. Turner and George V.
Default, orange buyers at Umatila,
can boast of having shipped from there
the first order for grapefruit to Ger
many. This order was filled several
weeks ago and the Germans have been
enjoying Florida's delicious fruit.
Crazed over religion while awaiting
the resurrection of Cyrus R. Teed, the
leader of the Koreshan Unity, whose
death occurred several months ago, Emil
Fisher, 35 years old, Of Fort Myers,
died at the union depot in Jacksonville,
while en- route to the State asylum at
ChattahoOchee.
DR.. j. R. Cason, Jr., of Delray, who
has been in a sanitorium for treat
ment in Atlanta the past several weeks,
is now in Lakeland spending a while
with his wife, who is the guest of his
parents, Rev. and Mrs. j. R. Cason.
DR.. Cason's health is now greatly i'm
proved, which will be learned with
pleasure by his friends at his home
town, where he holds the important
position Of Mayor.
Within the next week or ten days
railway postal route will be established
between Miami and Knights Key, Mi
ami being headquarters. There will
be two clerks on the route, one in and
one out each day. The cars for the
route are now being fitted out in Jack
sonvile and as soon as ready the route
will be established. The clerks for the
route have been selected and they are
now being Coached" in their duties !
on the run between Jacksonville and
Miami. Miami News-Record.
At the meeting of the East Coast
Avocado Association held in the office
of the Miami Board of Trade last week
two resolutions to be sent to Florida's .
representatives in Congress were
adopted, in which the representatives
are asked to have the Avocado placed
IN the tariff list. The resolutions en-
bodied the fact that the avocado is one
If the recognized products of Florida,
here being hundreds of acres of trees
low bearing fruit, and the supply in
'reasing rapidly yearly. A duty of so
ents box is asked
The latest news of the Key West
extension says that orders have been
ssued to prepare several of the work
rains and number of fiat cars for
hipment to the lower keys. Several
'angs of track-layers are being organ
zed and the work of laying track will
re carried on at several points south of
Knights Key, including Key West.
from Knights Key the most cheering
eports of the progress of the work
re received. Last week the force
laced seven of the large concrete
iers, breaking all former records. At
'ahia Honda several of the steel cof-
erdams are in place, and the deepest
'ater and strongest current has been
assed. January 10, 1910, is now the
ate set for the arrival of the first ,
assenger train in Key West. !
At meeting of the State board of
'ontrol at Tallahassee Wednesday af-
ernoon a special honor was bestowed
pom Samuel Marion Tucker, Phi. D., S
rofessor of English at the Florida
tate College for Women, by making t
i'm dean of the faculty of the college O
liberal arts. An interesting and v
'uching ceremony took place at Bryan r