The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1910-11-11
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tomorrow on MS way 10 MS winter hume
ct Palm Beach, Fla.
The Florida Citrus Exchange has
made arrangements with northern
capitalists for the erection of ten
modern packing houses, five of them to
he erected in 1911 in various parts Of
the state. Wauchula is mentioned as
one Of the ten most desirable points. -
Florida Advocate.
Four young men will appear in court
80 answer to the charge of hunting on
Sunday, the charges having been pre-
ferrcd by Game Warden w. A. Lotion
These are the first arrests made for
this specific offense in Dade county in
"A long time. The offense is alleged to
have been committed last Sunday,
What is believed to be new target
record was made at Fort Pickens last
week when the 9lst Company of
Coast Artillery demolished a target g.
600 yards distant in six shots. Each
projectile fired from one of the ten-inch
disappearing rifles, struck the target
which was moving at the rate Of 7 TO
10 miles an hour.
G. J. West has resigned his position
with the Palm Beach Farms Company
to take charge of $4,000 acres land
proposition southwest of Titusville.
Mr.. West states that he will return to
Palm Beach later in the season and
commence the erection of about forty
small cottages. These cottages he
proposes to rent to families with child
rem.
The remarkable plant known as the
cassava exceeds corn as a stock feed
by five or six times. Pork can be made
from it for a cent a pound. 1t grows
successfully in all parts of Florida. 1t
Yields from six to ten tons an acre, and
comes nearer being perfect ration for
farm stock than any other in the South.
j yields more starch than potatoes. 1t
will mean much to the Peninsula State
when men get around to doing the right
things in the right way.--St. Cloud
Tribune. :
Among the speakers who nave re-
Gently given assurances that they will
be present at the convention of water
ways to be held in Pensacola are: Sena-
tor Fletcher, president of the associa-
ton, and the following eminent Flori-
dians: w.. A. Blount. of Penscola; 7. j.
l.. Browne and R. A. Ellis, of Tampa;
s. j. Hilburn, of Palatka Congressman
Mays, of Monticello; c. 0. Mclaughlin
OF Leesburc, and Congressman Adam
son, Hughes, .Iar3wick and Col Chas,
.. Swift, ui Georgia.
Mrs. Adam Cor,A died .g6denly and
UNEXPECTEDLY Of Aeart trouble at tie
San Cai!a= Uote in Miami % Wadnas.
day evening Of last ~paE. Nrs. Curell
had been in f9l.ue p>..th ,yc ,Nme time
but remained up &Hl ogrut That Mrs.
Corell anticipated q suddca Lea,a Vas
shown in a letter addressed to Under.
taker Combs and delivered him to be
opened only in the event Of her death
The letter was dated July q, OF this
year, and gave full and explicit 10
Structions relative to the disposition Of
her body, making Mr.. Combs also the
administrator of her estate.
Captain Charles Thompson, who re-.
turned to Miami from the lower coast,
reports that the big French liner, Lou
isane which vas driven ashore on
Sombrero reef during the late hurricane
is still hard aground, but that she will
probably be hoated. The Merritt
Wrecking tug Rescue is at the Louisiana
and as soon as the anchors and cables
for assisting in pulling her off have
been placed, the tug will endeavor to
release the ship from her perilous posi-
ton. If she fails. another tug will be
sent from New York to assist in the
wreckng The Rescue is the larges,
and most powerful wrecking tug in the
country, having $500 horsepower en-.
gines. She frequently operates on the
Florida coast.
Suddenly collapsing beneath heavy
load of sand and cement placed there
for new construction, work, the roof OF
the II. e. w. B. Drew Company sta
tionery building on Forsyth street
Jacksonville, Monday, crashed dowr
through the second and third floors to
the ground, burying six men beneath
the debris and causing loss estimated
at from five thousand to ten thousand