The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1910-11-04

land and will erect a handsome office
building.
1t was decided at meeting of the
board of directors of the Florida Citrus
Exchange to make the assessment for
handling this seasons crop the same as
last season, notwithstanding that the
crop is estimated to be only two-thirds
as large as that of last season.
In the event the lower house of the
next congress is democratic Hon Frank
Clark hnpes to be chairman of the cat
fish and row boat committee and there
fore will not be candidate for the
United States senate. --Lake City In
deX.
We have received from State Chemist,
R. E. Rose, a copy of an interesting
pamphlet entitled Sugar production in
Florida" giving valuable information
on that subject. Interested parties
can secure copies of this pamphlet by
writing Mr.. Rose at Tallahassee.
In the circuit court at Pensacola last
week the record Yves broken for the
number of divorce suits filed in one day.
Eight divorce suits were filed. In five
of the cases the husbands are suing
their wives for divorces and in three
cases the wives are suing the husbands.
C. j. West and ]. H. Beckwith, Of
the West Palm Beach Realty Co., have
this week completed negotiations for a
tract of 35, 900 acres of land near Titus.
vile, and have formed company,
known as the Titusvlle Fruit and Farms
company to put the land on the market
in small tracts.
Many of the newspapers of the State
are running Pleas Hollis whiskey ads. :,
under the cloak of local option and per-
sonal liberty, but it is whiskey ads pure
and simple, paid for by the saloon men
of Jacksonville and the whiskey trust.
These papers have the legal right to run
and accept pay for these whiskey ads,
but the Record turns them all down.
This paper will give no assistance, al
though it be legal, to perpetuate the
damnable saloon in the state of Florida
1t would simply assist, should it carry
these ads in its columns, to destroy the
peace and happiness of our people and
taking this money from needy homes.
'-DeLand Record.
From an account in The Tallahassee
Daily Capital of April 25th, 1905, of a
meeting called to inaugurate a plan for
Statewide prohibition, we copy the
following: "At s:32 Rev. Frank Nc
Cramer called the meeting to order, and
Chaplain Coleman of the House Of
Representatives, offered prayer. Mr..
McCramer expressed regret that Gov.
ernor Broward could not be present to
preside, and call for nominations of a
presiding officer. Rev. W. j. Bingham
nominated Judge Henry w. Long, Of
Ocala, to preside. The nomination was
seconded, and Judge Long was escort
ed to the chair, and briefly expressed
his thanks" etc. How can "Uncle
Henry" harmonic his conduct in 1905
and that of 1910? In 1905 he accepted
the craftsmanship of Statewide prohi-
bition movement. and in 1910 becomes
the chairman of the local option move
ment. How can anyone follow the
leadership of man so utterly and so
needlessly inconsistent?
Through the efforts of the Florida
delegation in Congress, an appropria-
ton of $1,000 was made at the last ses-
sion for the preparation of topographic
maps in Florida. The maps are to be
prepared by the United States Geologi-
cal Survey, and Mr.. Frank Sutton, a
member of the survey in charge of
topographic mapping is at present in
the State making arrangements for the
work. He has been in Tallahassee and
while there consulted with Gov. Gil
christ and with the State geologist,
DR.. E. H. Sellards. Mr.. Sutton states
that the field work will begin lat once,
and will be carried on through the
winter. These maps are very valuable
to the State. Exact levels are made
and by means of contour lines all ele-
vations in the section covered are
shown on the map. In addition al
streams, railroads, swamps, ,;.lakes,
canals and other features are shown.
The maps are thus useful for many
purposes and especially in planning
irrigation and drainage project and
showing routes for canals, and for law