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were the Just Us Girls club members
during the recent wash-overs. Dur
ing the days of the rains, the clubs
drawing room and special Office we're
not deserted day or night. From the
top of the Solomon Sunset building
several pairs of eyes always peeped.
Far out over the winding Oklawaha
the optics kept watch. They were
the tautalizing optics of the members
of the J. L. G. club, and down at the
Bends" in readiness with pick and
shovel were fifty-f1ve men. They were
pleasantly quartered on the Silver
ton, and she had steam up ready,
should Big Hamp" sound the over
flow signal These men were ready
to build levees from Chitty's avenue
to Sunday Bluff, if needed. But thanks
to the thoughtfulness of the J. U. G.
club in building the Mary Lou bulk
heads in 1906, they were not needed.
The Oklawaha advanced one foot,
then one and a half, two, then three,
nc limit, and then fell back. In safe
ty you may live in Los Kiss.
Miss MARCIA Katherine, editor of
the Morning Los Nissan, is summer
ing in Portland, Maine, and Miss Adj
ella Harrington is acting editor.
Mr.. Eugene A. Solomon, editor of
the Evening Gretchen, will take in
the Worthington picnic Wednesday,
as will also several members Of the
WOodmen of the World.
Subscribe for the Morning Los KiS-
san and read of the national ore
serves"
The fire which broke out early yes
terday morning in the 50O-roOm BAN
boo constructed summer hotel, St
Blnache, at Waucoma Circle and -
coanut avenue, was brought under
control in a jiffy, with little damage
done. And it was simply beca ss2
Los Kiss is well supplied with fire
boats, having FIVE in all.
At the time of the fire the boats
were stationed in order: Olive, at the
IGNORES docks, at the Bends; Hood,
in her place at the foot of the Sunken
Garden; Weston, at the Minute Rail
road and Oklawaha terminal; Idaho,
anchored amid stream off Orleans av-
enue and the Hurry tied to fire plug
in Cores creek, opposite the Royal
Opal hotel.
1t was soon after a. m. when Dig
Hamp sounded Box 124, which is at
the corner of Mary Lou divide and
Wau Guin-Guin avenue.
A chemical engine and engines No.
and No. 8, hook and ladder truck
and an ambulance from station No.
8, on Figueroa avenue, arrived on the
scene first and hurriedly worked; and
as engine No. 5 began pumping both
the Weston and Hood steamed in;
close at thehir counters followed the
other three boats, with full heads of
steam.
Within two minutes even twenty
great streams of water poured on the
burning building. No fire could stand
this deluge, and it was out in another
sixty seconds. Damage, about $40.
Miss Roberta Bradley. travelling
representative of the ]. L. G. club
and Evening Gretchen, sends us a
souvenir postol from Bowling Green,
in south Florida. Il am in love with
this western-like country, and may
stay all summer" she says.
"AIr. Herrington's big summer hotel
is plainly visible in Santa Singer
land" said a native of that place this
morning to your correspondent "The
double rows of snow-white towers sill.
houetted against the blue elements,
gives to us mystic thoughts. They
fappear to be snow-clad polluted peaks
of the grand old mountains of the
west. They are worth coming
around this way to see" This no
tel. the San Louisa, was completed
Just recently. 1t has $50 rooms and
every one of them is taken.
The hotel has two complete rows
of white towers. One row, the one
fronting First street, is straight, and
the other row is a semi-circle, some
twenty-five feet back of the first row
of towers and fronts on Tallahassee
avenue. Each tower is of white
pressed brick. made in Los Kiss. and
is separated twenty feet from its
neighboring tower, and reaches in the
elements to a height of 200 feet. Or
top of each tower is an oil-cap stee
pie. and from the peaks of which
float the San Louisa white flags. and
from the tall flag pole, fronting FROM
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