The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1909-11-05
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week.
st. Petersburg's truck growers are
now experimenting with the growing
Of yhubarb.
By vote of 81 to % Ronifay citizens
declared for Il SIS, 900 bond issue for a
new school building Tuesday.
Seventy -four new buildings aggregat-
ing a valuation of$llS, $50 were erected
in Jacksonville during October.
The commissioners of Lee county
have raised the license of nonresident
hunters to $25. Each dog registered
will be taxed 81, and guides s..
Eighteen miles of new concrete side
walks being laid in Pensacola have been
completed by the contractors and add
greatly to the appearance Of the city.
Sixty thousand tons of steel rails
from the Birmingham mills are being
shipped through Pensacola to Uruguay
in South America for railroad construc-
ton work going on there,
The Aripeka Saw Mills, located at
Fivay in Pasco county, have been pur-
chased by Martin Amorous, of Atlanta,
The entire property is valued at approx
mateIy $5,00O,OO
Alleging that it had been discovered
that there was some irregularity in the
calling of the special wet and dry cleo
ton the county commissioners of Dade
county have rescinded the call.
An investigation made among the
pupils of the Fort Myres public school
by an official of the State Board of
Health has disclosed the fact that many
of them are infected with hookworms
Once again the famous Tampa injunc-
tion has been put to new use. The
latest injunction secured in that city
was by woman who swore out one re-
straining her husband from coming
home.
The little son of Mr. Link was con
sideraby shaken up and bruised last
Saturday morning by fall from a sec
ond-story window. The boy is not SER
iously injured, we are glad to report. &c.
Orlando Sentinel
Stanton and South Lake Weir resi-
dents have decreed that the razorback
shall root no more in the fields and
orange groves of its owners neighbors.
The election for the purpose was au-
thorized by the last legislature.
f. V. Huff. who lost his store build
,g, at Espanola last week, is congrat-
uating himself on a discovery which
means 81 800 to him. He found an in
surance policy among some old papers
for the amount mentioned and as he
had completely forgotten about it his
find was like 'money from home.
c. C. Johnson has mysteriOusly dis
appeared from his home in Gulf Ham
mock, leaving his home and family.
Just before he left number of war
rants had been served upon neighbors
charged with cutting CEDAR upon gov
eminent land upon information given
by him and it is believed that ne has
met with foul play at the hands Of some
of those affected,
The contract for the erection Of the
New Clarendon hotel at Seabreele has
been let to " T. Hadlow, of jackson.
vile, and il ia understood that work
will begin within the next sixty days.
The contract provides for a building of
$50 rooms at "a cost of $2l5 900, besides
the furnishings. The hote! bGllding
will be Of reinforced concrete, and with
concrete floors and otherwise made fire.
proof The main entrance will face the
west. while two wings will extend to-
ward the ocean, forming a large court
The site contains fourteen acres with
an ocean frontage OF $50 feet and depth
of 500 feet. 1t is located one and one
half miles from the old site in Seabreeze
and but short distance from the Flor
ida East Coast Automble club house. "a
"The New York Packer and the Pro-
duce News" declares the Deland News
''have had great deal to say about j.
P. Mace shipping his fruit independently
of the citrus Exchange and the report
was generally accepted as fact. Mr..
Mace is considered one of the most con-
sentative and best business men in this
section. The reported decision of Mr..
Mace to ship independently no doubt
deferred others from pledging their fruit
IN the Exchange. Mr., Mace does not