The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1911-11-17
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recommended the building OF new
brick or concrete block court house
that will be a credit to that county.
Madison voters will soon vote upon
the purchase of the electric lighting
plant Of that city by the municipality.
The company owning the plant his
offered to sell it to the city.
1t is understood that Tampa is max
ing a big effort to land the three
million dollars home for the INDECENT
and aged which is soon to be erected
somewhere by the Loyal Order of
Moose.
The Florida & Indian River Land
Company, Of Melbourne, has purchas-
ed a powerful steam ditching machine
to be used in draining the lands of that
company and work will be commenced
in few weeks near the head of Crane
creek, near Melbourne.
The plans have been accepted for
the new fire-proof court house which
is to be erected at Inverness. The
price of the new structure, when COM
pleted, will be approximately $50, 600.
Citrus county is to be congratulated
upon obtaining such splendid build
ing.
Florida is fortunate in not being af-
fected seriously by the price of cot
ton. Our speciality is growing some
thing for other people to eat, from
the very daintiest fruit to the, most
staple articles, including meats, and
this is no product which is scarcely
ever flooding the market.
The Miami Automobile Association
has decided not to contest the auto
tax law of the State, and the proposed
effort in that direction will be aban-
doned. The auto owners do not seem
to be materially interested in the mat
ter. and the committee cannot see it's
way clear in making an example of
one of the members.
The complete program for the first
Florida conference on Charities and
Correction, to be held in Jacksonville
November 1918, has been printed and
is being mailed out to the members Of
all organizations in the State Fedora
ton of Woman's clubs, county COM
missioners, uperintendents of public
instructions, mayors, institutions and
colleges and newspapers.
Hudson Burr, chairman of the Rail-
road Commission, delivered an able ad-
dress before the National Association
of the Railroad Commissioners last
week, of which he was the retiring
president. Hudson Burr has the stuff
in him. and if the people of the second
district will elect him to congress,
they'll have man of the people on the
job Manatee Record,
j. w. Simmons, commission man
and produce buyer, has authorized
the statement that he will pay to the
Plant City grower who brings in the
first refrigerator car of strawberries
the sum of one dollar per quart for
the fruit. The Plant City Courier
says that within a few weeks it is ex.
pected that some of their energetic
growers will claim Mr.. Simmons
Zone dollar per" offer as strawberries
are maturing rapidly.
The husting town of Fort Meade
is 6 Don to begin the erection of $780,
600 school house. At a meeting of
the board of public instruction last
Wednesday, Fort Meade was given
authority by its special sub-dstrict
trustees to issue warrants for the
purpose Of erecting a commodious
structure. The building is to he of
brick and will be built to accommo-
date 700 students. 1t will not likely
be ready for occupancy before the
opening OF the next school year.
The Florida supreme court, at Talla-
haseee, has denied the habeas corpus
petition of j. S. Stratton, of Kissim-
NEE, who was indicted and arrested at
Wabasso for shipping car of green
grapefruit this season. The inidct-
ment was for shipping immature fruit
The court holds that the immature
fruit law does not conflict with Federal
constitution regulating interstate CON-
merce, as claimed STATIONS attorney
Other steps will be taken and similar
petition will be filed in the Federal
court in Jacksonville.
In consequence of the offers made
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