The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1910-11-18

lOF tHe nouln OIL OCloDeT, HOtdte tUe
deaths there during that period as
forty six, while the births totaled
seventy.
Hon Bert Fish was last week appoint
ed by Governor Gilchrst as Judge of
the Criminal Court of Record of Volusia
county to I'LL the meXpired term made
vacant by the resignation Of Senator
elect James w. Perkins.
The Tampa Times has completed ar
raugcments with Chas. Brice, for a two
~ three days engagement with Glenn
II. Curtis by which several aeroplane
flights and contests will take place in
that city some time in December.
A movement is on foot in st. Peters.
burg to call local option election as
soon as it can legally be done The
movement is headed by the Rev. Addy-
man Smith, who took very active part
in the recent campaign for Statewide
Prohibition. At the election Tuesday
st. Petersburg went dry" by such
handsome majority that the prohibition
people feel sure that there is no doubt
that the city will vote to close the
saloons when the election is called.
The United States supreme court
Monday handed down decision in a
case in which liquor was used as an
Ingredient IN medicine which was re-
tailed and for the sale of which the
nun was convicted of violating the
Florida State prohibition laws, the
Federal license being used as evidence.
The supreme court dismissed the case,
claiming no jurisdiction. This has the
effect of unfolding the State court in
the contention that the federal license
was sufficient evidence.
Within the recent past hard streets
have been built, an electrice light plant
installed, by which the iouishing little
town Of Sarasota is lighted up by cleo
tricity; water works, with it's many adj
vantages and conveniences will soon be .
added, and many new residences, with
two or three business blocks, have been
erectec, or are in process of erection.
The streets also have been much i'm
proved within the past week by cover
ing the same with heavy asphalt, about
II, 600 gallons having been used.
The many interested parties will be
glad to learn that the actual survey of {
the City Of Cayo Costa has begun. The {
work will now be pushed vigorously on
to completion and all lots now sold or ,
on sale will soon be definitely located. q
The work Of clearing and grading the C
streets will also be commenced in the j
near future. A wharf will be built and c
a considerable number of people are v
waiting for the surveyors to locate f
their lots so that they can begin the Fl
construction of their houses -. DeSoto C.
County News. %
H. Oleseen, Of Duluth, Mimi, f. E. o
Leskinen, Of Chisholm, Mimi, r. tt
Wedding, OF Hibbing, Mimi. and Nick n
Iurianich, Of Mckinley, Mimi, spent r.
the past Weel; in Melbourne going over
he tract OF land owned cy the Florida. +
Indian River Lani Company. The is
Minnesota gentlemen expressed them +
selves as being much pleased with the h
country, in fact they liked it so we'll h
iuai they doubled their original con- s.
tracts. They said that they found every b
.uHg jnSt As represented and that they f
would all be hack in The spring. bring. v
ng many of their friends with them. t
II is altogether likely that Florida =
Hi.l be allowed another representative 4
IN Congress under the thirteenth census e
lust reported, There are few states {
hat have as small delegation as Flor. t
da. Colorado has on y three represen- t
.itlNtN, w dStI!!IS lplI has bul three, ' ST- u
mont has two, South Dakota two. Ore i
gon two North Dakota two, Delaware
me, New Hampshire two, Idaho one, t
Montana one. Nevada one, Utah one S
md Wyoming one. Forida's gain in
population over the last census in 222,- q
90. 1t is thought that the basis of
under the next appOr- A
comment will be one representative for
very POS, 600 people or major fraction. 4
Last week, Tuesday, Alderman vii. n
Jams brought in very large and very !,
at bear that he had just killed on Pal d
netto Creek, where she and her mate il
ad been living on fresh pork for some n
ime past He Immediately dressed Ia
he animal and offered the meat for