The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1911-07-21
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OF the State

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following close upon recent heavy rams
A fine tract of prairie land consist
ing of 1880 acres. situated east ''
Arcadia, was sold for good price
few days ago
Polk county proposes to issue bones
to the amount of 100000, and IN adai'
ton levy a direct tax, for good roads
Polk county is talking right.
The value of Florida's agricultural
lands and buildings increased during
the past ten years from Ao,>oo,'oo 10
$ll7,62O 600, nearly three hundred per
cent.
Last week collections Of the Tam
pa Custom House showed a gam oi
nearly fifty.fve per cent over the same
week of last year The collections for
last week were 1872. $685.,
Cigar shipments for the past week
from Tampa amounted to 4,oopoV0'
about the lowest record since the re-
cent strike was declared off This is
due to the closing of the factories from
June 80 to July 3, while the sem -annu-
al stock was being taken.
Shady. little town south Of Ocala,
was the scene of murder Monday
night in which Mrs. Arndt killed her
husband. The shooting occurred after
quarrel. the woman Selling gun
and firing a load of shot in her huS-
bands body He died instantly.
According to a death certificate filed
in the office of the City Clerk at Milton
few days ago. one of the oldest per-
sons in the state died there recently,
The person was Sarah Mathews, color
ed, whose age is given on the certiii-
cate as ll6 years the date of her birth
being February 10, 1875. The cause OF
death was recorded to be old age.
During the past three weeks there
has been over 200 deaths in New York
alone caused by the heat The number
of prostrations is well up in the thouS-
ands. The deaths from heat in other
large cities of the north and central
west will bring the total up to near
1000. Not a death or prostration in
Florida during this period, and so far
as we are aware never in the history
of the State has there been death
caused from heat
The contract for the erection of the
big manufacturing plant for the Osceo-
la Fertilizer Company, at Mllldale. in
the northwest section of Jacksonville,
has been awarded to a firm in Mont
gomery, Ala, and active work will be
commenced right away, The manu-
featuring capacity Of the plant is to he
80, 600 tons of fertilizer annually, and
the incorporators aim to extend their
business operations throughout Florida,
South Georgia and Cuba. The new
plant will be thoroughly modern and
up.to-date in every respect.
President Taft, last Wednesday, is
sued an order Withdrawing from entry
and setting aside the lana for reserYa-
tons for the Seminole Indians, certain
tracts in township 81. south, range 80,
east, in township 80, south, range 81,
east, in township so, south, range Il,
east, and in township 81, south, range
Al, east. For many years friends Of
the Seminole Indians have been
struggling for reservation that would
insure the SeminOeS permanent
home. In this work Bishop ". Crane
Gray. Of the Episcopal church. has
been a leader. The order of the presi-
dent will secure to the Indians GER
tain amour, of land which will not be
subject to settlement by the white man.
The land set apart is almost directly
west of Miami
Providing for the coinage Of fifty
thousand gold dollars for the Ponce de-
Leon exposition and containing many
other provisions which promise to make .
the great project an event Of world
wide Importance, the bill introduced in .
the United States Senate by Senator
Duncan U. Fletcher last Thursday is /
far more complete and covers more
than was at first understood in the I
briefer telegraphic dispatches received |
from Washington. The measure pro.
vides that six hundred thousand dollars !
must first be raised but as the bin has
just been introduced and is subject to
amendment il is believed that that
amount can easily be redu led to where
il can be met by the association Tho