The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1911-09-22
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bonds for a complete system Of good
roads for that county.
Very bright is the outlook for big
county fair this winter at West Palm
Beach and the citizens Of that city and
county are working hard on the project
The plans and specifications for Mi
ami's new Federal building will be fin
ished within a few weeks, and it is eX-
pected that the Government will call
for bids for the structure some time
next month.
Judge Call of the circuit court in
Jacksonville has issued a call for a
meeting Of members of the bar to ar
range some means of eXpedlting trials
and cutting out some of the TECHNICAL
ties that are making legal proceedings
such a farce.
Contract has been let to the W. X.
Palmer Company, engineers, Of Kansas
City for the preliminary work on the
Atlantic, Okeechobee and Gulf railway,
from Tampa to Fort Lauderdale, and,
according to the terms of the contract
three forces of men will be in the field
within a few weeks.
The automobile license tax law pass
Ell at the last session of the legislature
is unconstitutional and owners Of autos
in Florida do not have to pay license
tax to the State. Such is the ruling Of
Judge W. s. Bullock, of the Fifth
Judicial circuit, in a test case brought
before him in Ocala. This ruling does
not apply on automobiles for hire.
See those Sanford ladies are still
playing cards for prizes, contrary to
the peace and dignity Of the State of
Florida, and the statutes made and pro-
vided. Most any fair confirmed bridge
player would risk a Jail sentence for
the sake Of winning lovely hand
painted souvenir plate" or cute lit
tie mother-of-pearl paper knife. -
Gainesville Sun.
Between twenty and thirty citizens
of st. Johns county were in Gainesville
during the past week on business con-
nected with the United States Land
Office, and on Wednesday thirteen en-
tries were filed under the homestead
acts for land located on Anastasia
Island, which property was recently
opened for entry by order of the Ma
tiona Government.
The grand jury of Osceola county
will be called together soon to consider
the case of Egbert G. Gillet and Sister
Elizabeth Sears, Shakers, who are held
on the charge of murder as result of
their having administered chl0roform
to Sister Sadie Ashton at her request,
when she was in dying condition Of
consumption. The accused have been
released on bond, and public opinion
whether they should be indicted for
murder is said to be divided. Both
seem satisfied they did the right thing
in acceding to the request of the suffer
ing sister.
~ Z. Heathcote, of St. Petersburg,
a director Of the Florida Citrus Fruit
Exchange, says: The estimates inside
by the railroads and various papers in
the State that the citrus crop of Florida
for this season will run 5000, 900 boxes,
is TOO high. At a meeting of the
directors Of the Exchange held last
Wednesday opinions were heard from
eight gentlemen from a wide range Of
territory and it is their opinion that the
crop will not exceed 1900, 900 boxes. "
The Exchange is not ready to make an
Official report of the crop, and is gath.
eriug statistics to this end, All
authority agree tina; the grapefruit
crop will be itt!e over half Of nor
ma
On August the It'll the United States
Senate passed the following resolution:
Resolved, That there be printed as
public document, under the direction Of
the Joint Committee on Printing, a
compilation of acts, reports, and other
papers, State and National, relating to
the Reclamation Of the Everglades of
Florida, with accompanying ilustra-
ton. To all persons who are interest
ed in the present and future of the Ev-
erglades this will prove most valuable
and interesting reading. but when &C.
companied by the illustrations which
are available it becomes doubly valu-
able. The Everglades are rapidly
growing in interest and in this famous
stretch Of cOuntrv for uapara tiopr bova