Fort Pierce news. (Fort Pierce, Fla.) 190?-1920, 1909-11-26

An SSRpLahN "ClSH'Hs ~ ~ HN
has been produced in Osceola county
just one.
The pecan crop in the Monticello dis
trct is being gathered and it is said tC
be unusually large this year.
The Chattahoochee river is said to be
lower than was ever known and can be
waded over 10 a numbe: of places,
Orlando women have organized to
prohibit the lacking up or posting OF
unsigbtly signs or handbills in public
places 10 that city,
In Pensacola they give a man thirty
days at hard labor on the streets for
smoking on street car and they make
him smoke in the stockade.
The Aripeka sawmills, located at
Flyay, in Pasco county, have been pur-
chased by Martin Amorous, of atlanta,
the entire property being valued at five
million dollars.
By vote of sos to POI Key West car
ried the bond issue for public improve
ments despite the fact that the city
claimed to be partly devastated by the
recent hurricane.
Mrs. VIM. b. Reynolds, principal of
the State College for Women 10 Florida
and wife of the former State Comp
troler, is i'll at St. Agnes Hospital in
Baltimore and her case has been dag
nosrd as pellagra.
The first strawberries on the Lake
land market made their appearance
two weeks ago when Socrum trucker
brought in "a quarts of as fine fruit Is
one would wish to see and disposed of
them at 80 and 40 cents a quart,
The Office and store building of the
Bond Lumber Company, near DeLard
was destroyed by fire Thursday night
entailing loss of 1000 with Insurance
for 5000 The fire is supposed TO have
originated from a passing train.
While Florida is sometimes called the
"p1or mans paradise" the INDECENT in
dividull has 10 do his share of the work
to gain that paradise. Florida is not a
lazy mau's land for the insects will
free one to scratch and hustle whether
so inclined or not.
c. w. Chase, a New York capitalist,
has purchased Sugar LoafKey, between
Miami and Key West, for $4,000. The
island is 20 miles long and 300 Cuban
laborers willlsoon be put to work devel
oping it for the growing of vegetables
and fruits. Fishing and spOnging will
also be carried on.
20. Sundstrom, a South Jackson
vile boatbuilder, is in jail charged
with holding up two hunters in a
disabled boat which he towed ashore.
On reaching shore the hunters over
powered Sundstrom, recovered their
vlluables and had him arrested. Sund-
strom claims he did it for Joke, but
his victims can't see it that way.
/. is said that the new automobile
road from Tampa to Jacksonville via
Orlando is going to be something more
than a good road. 1t is going to be a
pr.tty road, and 10 few years shady
road, cool in summer and wind protect.
ed in winter. 1t would be splendid
Investment il the manufacturers would
present every county commissioner in
this State with an automobile.
The announcement has been made
that the International Amalgamated
Incorporation has acquired the proper
ties of the Prairie Pebble Phosph tie
Company in this State for consldera-
tion OF S8,0O0.0O0. The International
Amalgamated Corporation was organ
lied b; J. P. Morgan and his financial
associates whose intention it is to Sc
cure control of the phosphate rock fer
tilizsr plants and other products in this
and other states.