The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1910-04-08
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in population within the past three
years.
The people of Ocala are protesting
against the taking off of the day train
between that city and Jacksonville.
A contract has been let for big
phosphate elevator at Boca Grande
which will have a capacity of 500 tons
per hour,
Burbank, the city that sprung up in
the night in Marion county, has been
recognized by the postoflice department
and postofIice established there.
The Indian river speeds boats, the
Diana, Bruiser and Eau Galie, carried
off eight Of the first prizes and four of
the second prizes at the motor boat
at Palm Beach last week.
The contract for building the first
houses in the Everglades or drained
lands was let last Thursday to a Miami
firm the McCrimmon Company by Don
Farnsworth, of Chicago.
Fine tomotoes are now being grown
at DANA. The Independent Packing
House, J. C. Green. manager, is hand
ling Mr.. Green's tifty-acre tomato crop
and the crops of other growers, amount
ing to over 100 acres.
St. Petersburg expects to ship forty
carloads of celery this season. as one
trucker estimates the yield in sight,
and this is only beginning. The
claim is made that muck land is capable
of yielding from six hundred to one
thousand crates per acre.
Will H. Price, chairman of the State
Democratic Executive Committee,
seems to think that he has succeeded
in converting democracy in monarchy
AMI elected himself the great grand die
tator of the state. It's not the first
case of swell head that has been con-
tracted from little authority.
The Live Oak Democrat says: "a
log was cut at Tedder's mill last week
that not every mill could easily handle.
1t was Ga feet in length, as inches in
diameter at the butt and &c inches at
the top. 1t yielded 4,4SS feet in lumber
and required 40 minutes to cut the
same"
James Sears, aged twenty-four years,
and the tallest man in Florida, was
buried in Hebron church-yard, five
miles south of Jasper, last week. He
lowered several inches above seven feet
in height. Sears was well known in
Hamilton county and his death caused
regret to all those who knew him.
Owing to the inability of the commit
tee in charge to secure several of the
speakers whom it was desired to have
at the State convention of A nti-Saloon
Leagues the dates for the convention
have beef changed to May II, Is, 10.
The sessions will be held at the First
Christian church in Jacksonville. This
notice is being sent out from Jackson
Vile to all the Anti-SaloOn Leagues in
the State.
II the saloon interests imagine that
the prohibitionists are going to let the
constitutional amendment Ego
by default" at the election in Novem-
Der, they are sadly mistaken. The
people are going to wage
red hot campaign" and will "shell the
woods" from Pensacola to Key West.
# the amendment is not adopted it will
lot be through any fault of the prohibit
ionists, for the like of such fight as
hey will make has never before been
Witnessed in Florida.
Several million dollars will pour into
florida during the next two weeks in
eturn for the hundreds of train loads
# produce that will be shipped to all
,arts of the country. Growers of beans
nd growers of tomatoes and other
vegetables are now reaping the benefit
t their labors. The crops this year are
much better than usual, but the prices
eceived are entirely satisfactory. No
Their part of the country can come into
for many weeks to come
nth the Florida grown products of the
oil. That is why such fancy prices
re being obtained and why there are
lch large profits in farming in Florida.
Smashing the worlds record for
,irty-foot boat equipped with a hun
red horsepower engine, the speed boat
lana, of Jacksonville, Thursday after
BON established the success of the
anna ID non oolahco 40, .o,otto