The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1909-09-17
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staple grown in Florida.
Australian pines are being extensive
~ used as shade trees around West
Palm Beach, hundreds having been set
out recently,
San Mateo enjoys the best of advan'
tages along transportation lines. Beng
on both river and rail, she has advan-
tages that few Florida points enjoy
". F. Coachman' Dewey of Jack
sonyille won the Southern champion
ship in the motor boat races which were
held in Savannah. She fairly out-cIass'
ed all of her opponents.
Additional agencies for the Florida
Citrus Exchange have been established
at the following places: Evansville, Ind
Indianapolis. Ind, Columbus, o., en-
cinnati, O.. Milwaukee, Wis, Chicago
H., Louisville, ky., Birmingham, Ala
Lynchburg. Va.
The Board of Trustees of the Internal
Improvement Fund at their last meet
ing prohibited Sunday work on the
dredges OF the Everglades drainage
operations. 1t has been the custom for
employees to do repair work on the
dredges on Sunday.
The Florida Department of AgreuI-
ture has for distribution bulletin
showing the various kinds Of lands IN
Florida and giving a general description
of each kind. This bulletin will prove
of value to prospective Florida settlers
and may be obtained upon application
to the department at Tallahassee.
The various committees working on
the program Of entertainment for the
old Confederate veterans to be held at
Live Oak in October are holding meet.
ings twice a week. The people Of
that town are taking much interest in
the reunion. and what makes it of es-
pecial interest just now is the approach
ing celebration of Admiral Semmes
one hundredth birthday. There are
only three men living in Florida who
surrendered with Admiral Semmes at
Greensboro, n. c., in 1865. viz: Judge
A. o. Wright of Jacksonville, Ben ).
Herring of Tallahassee, and /. j. APP
pleyard of Lake City.
Hastings is now shipping corn. This
grain is leaving the station there by the
carload and the total product will re-
present a very substantial sum- A few
wears ago Hastings, like other sections
in the State, imported feed of every
kind. but now the fields there produce
a surplus and for the past two or three
years corn and hay have been shipped
from there by the carload. but this year
the volume is much larger than in the
past. The corn crop has opened up a
new industry at Hastings-a grist mill,
operated by the Florida Vegetable Com
pany. This is great convenience to
the farmers as they can secure their
meal fresh as needed. Mr.. H. B. Will
son has also built new grist mill which
will grind corn, rice and sugar cane.
1t will be in operation in few days.
The Board of County Commissioners
of Palm Beach county, at meeting
held last week, passed a resolution for
bonding the county for building county
roads and ordered an election for the
same. The amount of the bond issue
is to be 500. 600: 100 bonds at 500
value, 100 bonds of $500 value, and 40
bonds Of 81 900 value, all to draw in
tereit at per cent, payable semi-an-
nually. The amount is divided up and
a certain proportion given to each
settlement, and the county commits
sioners pledge themselves to see that
such amounts are expended solely in
these districts. This will put Palm
Beach county up with any and ahead
of most counties in Florida in good
roads, and there is no doubt but the
bond issue will carry at the election
ordered for October 18th next.
The returns of the tax assessor of
Dade county, including that portion
which is now Palm Beach county, show
a total assessment for 1909 of Sc, s6S, sSs.
Last year the total was s6,O97, O3l,
showing a gain from 1909 of 1911, 957.
OF this increase about 500. 900 is for
the Everglade lands which appear for
the first time On the tax roll. The total
assessment valuation Of the real pro-
perty is s5.O64, 07O; of which Palm
Beach county has 81. 764, $40, and Dade
county 81. 299. 200. Personal property