The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1911-01-27
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n city council or DaytOna by PLACING
glutrin on the streets.
: Hon. n. P. Bryan, Of Jacksonville,
S and candidate for United States Sena-
y tor, attended the bouquet of the state
Federation of Labor in st. Augustine
last week
n The season on the Ocklawaha river
c was inaugurated on Monday Of last
r week by the steamer Hiawatha, Of tho
Hart Line, which left Palatka for
Silver Springs with a heavy passenger
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= The two large tanks for oil at the
? naval station at X ey West for the use
of the feet and torpedo boats that use
oil are rapidly nearing completion.
, Large gangs of men are daily working
on the tanks, to complete them n
early date.
Blasting for the removal of the sunk
en- steamer Magic City from the st.
Johns River, near Mayport, has COM
menced. The contractors, Johnson 4
Verdi, of Lewes, Del, believe that the
hulk will be sufficiently broken up so
the debris can readily be removed.
The executive committee of the Flor
ida Press Association met in Jackson
vile last week and unanimously decid-
ed on Tallahassee as the place for hold
ing the 1911 meeting, and the date were
set for April "a, 25 and 26. 1t is under
stood that Tallahassee is very anxious
for this convention, and that elaborate
plans will be made for the entertain
ment of the visiting newspaper men.
Announcement has been made that
the contest board of the American
Automobile Association has decided to
award sanction for the Florida automo-
bile races. March 81 to 80, inclusive, to
the Jacksonville Automobile Club, in
preference to the Daytona Automobile
club. Under this arrangement the
races will be run at Atlantic pablo
Beach.
Among the important acts of the
State Federation of Labor last week
at st. Augustine was an appeal to the
department of commerce and labor at
Washington requesting that an official ,
investigation be made by that depart 6
ment of the Tampa cigar situation. {
The state legislature will also be
appealed to for certain measures for the Q
betterment of labor Conditions generally
IN the state.
Up to January 10, w. F. Fletcher =
'old $500. 90 worth of strawberries. On L
Friday the 18th, he sold 22O quarts at :.
&c., netting him 500. Monday the l6.
lie sold 1893 quarts at 36 cents or $751; 4
S worth. Tuesday the 18th, he sold
|55 quarts at 30 cents, amounting to
1860. All told from five acres of
berries he has received to date $676. SO,
nd this is just the first weeks ship. G.
,ent-Plant City Courier. Il
The secretary of the navy has sub. u
lifted to congress additional estimates II
Or the naval station at Key West. Ell
to $50, 900, and strongly Il
rges the appropriation of this sum. E
art of the sum is for repairs on work q,
'ne by the last hurricane Efforts q,
Re being made to get the station in -.
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'st-class condition at an early date, -
lat the navy can make this great -
use for their operation, !"
Protests against the vote of the West
aim Beach precinct being counted or VI
nsidered in the returns of the first DC
material primary, resulted in that pre- 81
1t being thrown out at the meeting WI
the Palm Beach County Democratic it
iecutlve Committee on the grounds
at voters were illegally restrained hu
I'm voting, because of the inspectors =,
Iurihg an oath as TO how an elector -
d voted in previous election, before -
ng given the right Of franchise. -
The first tarpon caught this season,
according to records at the ROYAL
I'm dock, the largest ever caught
e, was landed Monday night in the
Der bay, opposite Lemon City, by
L. J. Seely, of Rochester, N. Y.
guest of Mr.. W. B. Ogden, of Lem. h
City. Mr.. Seely wen out Monday e.
ut with Capt. Tony Canova, of Mr. ir
lens yacht, and after fishing sever. b
hours finally made a strike. MIR. Ell
ly made great fight with the bio S,
err king, and after forty minutes .,
fish was in the dory. This is the v
tarpon Mr.. Seely ever caught. The 8