The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1911-07-14
NEWS OF ST. JOHNS PARK.

GuStaf and VIM. Schloefeel OF Deca-
fur, ILL.,, came to ST. Johns Park for the
third time short time ago and among
other things they brought along with
them was a couple of tons of hay; they
are now preparing TO go north again
for the balance of the summer and re-
Gently sold the hay for thirty dollars a
ton. They bought the hay at the pre-
vailing price in Illinois which was ten
dollars a ton and paid nine dollars ton
freight on ii, and their sale Noted them
eleven dollars a ton. There is more
THAI one way to make money and the
bay dealers of Florida seem to have the
method down pat since the prevailing
wholesale price at the present time is
thirty.four dollars a ton.
The st. Johns Park band played at
Crescent City the Fourth of July when
that city celebrated by giving big bar
becue on the grounds OF the auditorium.
The band was a credit to their director,
Mr.. Dell c. Wright, and many com
ments were heard praiSing the excel
lence of the music rendered.
Many people took advantage of the
offer of Capt Pigue TO transport them
free to Crescent City and return the
Fourth on his launch Varuna Crescent
CITY contains several men, who, when
they do a thing, do it right, and Capt
Pigue is one of them.
The farmers of Haw Creek celebrated
The glorious Fourth with big barbecue
and a great many people of St. Johns
Park and vicinity attended and all report
a fine time. The farmers had several
special features for the occasion which
added materially to the entertainment OF
those present.
The ST. Johns Park Band has adver-
tised another one of its popular excur-
sions to take place on the 10Th OF this
month. The Str. Crescent has again
been chartered and will run 10 Jackson
Vile and return the next day. Every
one who attended the last excursion so
Thoroughly enjoyed themselves that we
predict that this time the capacity of the
boat will be taxed 10 accommodate the
crowd.
Toe Harding, living on the Deem Road
about three miles East OF ST. Johns
park. was the recipient of fine present
from his wife the other day in the shape
of a bouncing baby girl Mother anu
child are reported doing nicely
Preparation is being made for eXten-
siye repairs on the Deem road from 81
Johns Park TO Bunnell. This road joins
The Moody road at Bunnell which is
huilt to the coast and when these re-
nairs are made ST. Johns Park will not
only have a good highway for auto and
team travel to the coast but TO any place
the Kings road leads to. The Moody
road crosses the Kings road about five
miles East of Bunnell.
Hans Kirk, our local architect and en-
oineer. is in Jacksonville, Superintend-
mo the building of a fine bungalow Tor
Donald Mel can. Mr.. Mclean used to
be the proprietor of the St. Johns Park
Hotel. - ,oa,;ro =
poultry centre OF considerable lmpoi-
lance and a farmer who has not from
two TO five hundred chickens is no.
counted in the list of poultry raiserS, and
nc hest part of ii is that all are raising
nothinq but thoroughbred chickens.
No scrub stock goes in this vicinity.
NJ clair Strockmann, civil engineer
for the ST. Johns Development Co, is
Eoot husv these days surveying and put
,;ng men to work clearing land Tor pros
festive settlers. The president OF the
pomnanv states that his company eX'
ooctS more settlers TO come to st. johns
. pit in the next twelve months than
has previously located here in the past
, twenty. four months or during the lie oil
the colony, .o ovDerian.
cling at the present time has been known
NJ e. Johns Park in years, and crops
are beginning TO suffer for want oil ram
which is something unusual Tor TINS
: W. of wear when we ordinarily can eX
/: nact several showers each week uh'il
after the rainy season is over.
I, ;S stated that a couple oil our 81
E ,oh,s park bows took a small sail boat to
| SraScent CITY the Fourth and go
! sadi, twice; once while celebrating
~ Eourth and once while capturing the
{ NJ, ofter il had become loose IRON
| D share n was tied and had floated out II
| ~ lake a short distance. The boy'
Y IA a. svim out after the boat NO"
D ,,'S, that the word "SouSed means We
r I.o ,nabIe TO state but presume it has
: az I,bIs meaning in this respect ant
S ,hose who know will understand. d.
r 'n Messrs. Jean Illig, VIM. Jones, Glai
S,rockmann, and the Misses Sha 1T,
!, yonkers. Florence Wright ana UISui
! 1nnLmsn were among those who at
,anded the dance at Crescent Ciiy TN
y Fourth. ~ L.,, D,,kinq n,
.ngemeuts for the coming excursion U