The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1909-12-10

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W. +. Graham rode from Tampa to
Starkc, distance of $50 miles across
country on a bicycle in five d-ys.
Angelo Sardinia, an Italian, was given
ten years in the penitentiary by Judge
Gordon at Tampa on the charge of
perjury.
Gilbert and viii Webster caught
twelve barrels of sailors choice in one
night at New Smyrna. The fish brought
a good price
tgcamba county breeders Of fine
poultry are planning Il meeting at Pen
Sacoh soon at which they will perfect
an organization.
Much fruit has shaken from the or
anpc trees and other damage was done
by big whrlwind which struck Fort
Myers last week.
Last weeks fish shipment at Punta
Gurda amounted to 3OS, 600 ! ounds,
whIc those from st. Petersburg amount
ed to 1876, so pounds.
The commissioners of Lee county
have raised the license Of nonresident
hunters to $25. Each dog regi-tercd
will be taxed 81, and guides s..
The Tarpon season has again opened
at Fort Myers, and as usual that town
takes the lead in his attractive sport.
Five silver beauties were recently
landed.
In the report of the Hillsborro bay
channel the u. S. engineer recommends
improvements to cost 81, 700, 600. The
request shows the importance of Tampa
as Il seaport town.
The contract for constructing con-
crete ciStcrn at the naval station in
Key West. with Il capacity Of | 800, 600
gallons, has been awarded to Bryan 4
Co.. of Jacksonville, their bid of $l9,95O
being the lowest.
Hon. Macon Thornton. Of Ormond, a
member Of the lower house Of the state
legislature, has announced his can
d dacv for state senator from his dis
trict before the Democratic primary to
be held next spring.
Reports says that the work on the
Florida East Coast railway extension
from Knights Key to Key West is
most encouraging. There are now over
three thou and workmen employed on
the stretch of forty-seven miles of in
completed work.
The first block of Duval county bonds
was sold at the court house by the Board
Of County Commissioners to the Bar
nett National Bank of Jacksonville,
which paid S2O, 600 premium on them,
at los. The amount sold was $3.50, 600
worth of the 81 200, 600 of bonds voted
on October 18th last for road cOnstruc-
ton purposes.
1t is said that the whiskey men have
engaged Pleasant H. Holt, the Jack
Sonvillc politician, to manage the anti
prohibit on campaign for them next
year! They have secured the keenest
politician in the state to work to de-
feat the proposed amendment to the
constitution for stat wide prohibition,
but The gentleman has the biggest kind
Of Job on his hands. There is no
Il Icstion, says the DeLand Record, but
hc will have plenty of funds to prose-
cute his campaign.
by safe majority the citizens Of st.
Iucir county yesterday declared for
good roads by carrying the 5000, 600
bond issue. The young county thus
takes its scat in the bandwagon with
Ilorjcla's progressive counties. There
was comparatively little opposition.
The amount derived from the sale of
the bonds will be expended upon the .
con~t ruction Of a complete system of
rock roads reaching into every section
Of the county. 1t is considered big
stop forward and the citizens of st. Lu-
Gle feel certain that the construction
Of the hard-surfaced roads will be one
the most potent factors in the building
up and development of the county. 81.
Augustine Record Of Dee. End
A Gadsden dispatch in the Pensacola
Journal says: T. G. Ozmunt, the
young man who was defeated in the
purpose of marrying the daughter of
George Dudley last Saturday night,
and who was attacked by the irate
father of the girl and was so badly in
,nr.l thnt Ia, ~, thn hoe al