The San Mateo item. (San Mateo City, Putnam County, Fla) 189?-19??, 1910-03-26

| SHOULD be sure 70 pay the TAX Dg tuhl
time; otherwise they will be shut out
so far as participation in the May az
June primaries is concerned. The vot
er must pay his poll tax himself, %
his own person. Such are the re
quirements OF the new primary law
ssMaking a road to travel oyer IL
one of the greatest things to build IN
a community. The farmer is gOinh
over the best road 70 a market, even
IL he has to 20 the longest route u
another market. - It therefore be
hooves the business men Of town
TO be up and doing and have roads
leading to their town put in passable
condition.
ssThere are two disappointed men IN
Pensacola. They are the two pilots
who each separately picked Up Jumps
OF what they thought was ambergris
on the Gulf beach. They have had
them analysed and the stun is re-
ported to be not ambergris but somc
worthless substance.
ssThe potato growers of Hastings are
so eager for good roads to get their
crop of Irish potatoes to the depot
that they have made proposition to
st. Johns county to contribute one
cent a bushel for every busnel Of po-
tatoes grown by them for good ROADS.
IL the county commissioners will du-
plicate the amount, and throw in the
use of their teams for good measure
The movement of one hundred and
fifty thousand barrels of potatoes to
the depot means time and money.
ga stock company is projected at
Tampa which will establish a poultry
and squad farm on a big scale. -
%$Recent consultations of cattle
holdings In south Florida mark q,
steady progress toward the making OF
that section a recognized, strong ap
profitable factor in the beef markets
of the country. 1t requires organiza-
ton and capital to hold a hand in the
adjustment of the meat supply, and h
will prove good thing for the cattle
breeding interests of this state that
such an organization is being accom-
plisned.
+"For several years past, the pear
crop OF Marion county, which is gen
orally of considerable Importance, has
been very light. and last year was al
most a complete failure. This year,
though, unless all signs fail, there
will be the heaviest crop the county
has ever known. The trees are a
mass of beautiful and fragrant snow.
white bloom and the sight is a most
beautiful one and the fragrance OF
the blossoms fills the air in many
sections of the county.
'*The Cubans are making inroads OH
the mackerel fishing at Miami.
'"The $4,000 bond issue Of the city
of Sanford sold recently at a prenil-
up OF 1-2.
ga prominent Tampa cigar manufac.
turer is quoted as predicting thai
Tampa will continue TO be the capital
OF the clear Havana cigar industry
iven II Cuba should be annexed to
the United States.
asst Petersburg expects to ship for.
ty carloads OF celery this season, as
one trucker estimates the yield in
sight. And this is only a beginning.
The claim is made that muck land Is
capable Of yielding from six hundred
to one thousand crates per acre.
|"Citrus county commissioners are
considering the ACCESSIBILITY of calling
an election to decide the question OF
bonding that county for 100000 for
the purpose OF paying off the present
indebtedness and building a system
OF hard roads which, with the roads
already built, will practically cover
the county.
"a Tampa firm has bought a section
OF land near Stemper, in the same
county, their purchase including sew.
eral fresh water lakes, which latter
Will be used as a fish preserve.
''Mayor w. M. Plat OF Arcadia mas
Issued a call for an election 10 be
held April rs, In accordance with an
ordinance adopted recently, 10 deter
mine the question of issuing bonds
% the amount OF $4,000. to be USED