The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1911-09-29
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all Sections
OF the State

mills for the old and 10 l.2 mills for TIN
new territory.
BY vote of forty to seven the citi
zens of Palmetto last week decided tC
issue $l5 600 in bonds for the extension
of the water, sewerage and street
systems of the city.
Hon. w. II. Ellis an ex-attorney gen
eral of the state, will be in the race
for congresSman-at.la For some
time his friends have been urging him
to enter the race, but he has refused
to consider it seriously until the last
few days.
Captain Warner is making rapid
headway digging the canal from the
town of DANA to the east coast canal
and will probably finish the big ditch
by the first Of next month. This will
give DANA a means of water traffic,
the people have not enjoyed
be fore.
Census Director Durand of Washing
ton, d, c., has just given out the in
formation that the aggregate increase
in yaIue of animals, bees and poultry
in this State is 50, 3Sl, 600 Statistics
show that there are now l,239,6 $50
chickens in Florida and about 22,S7l
N keys.
The orange crOpiS running in streaks.
some localities report 80 per cent de-
rease and others as high as 100 per
ent increase. There have been guesses
y men who should know of 1900, 600 to
900. 900 box crop. Split the difference
nd call it 4,O0O,O crop and it will be
bout right.
A writer in Practical Farmer says {
A remedy for sorehead that have i
ted and never lost a chicken after APP.
yng is: " Thyme Cresol." 1t can be S
ught in any drug store. Use 10 b
ops pure solution to tablespoonful s
lard, and grease the head WELL a
lie application has always been enough
tn me. C
The second annual convention of the II
orida Laundrymen's association will n
held in Tampa. The opening SEES.
n will convene on the morning of al
tober %, and it is expected that l
tie large delegation will be present. p
are now being made by
; officials of the organization in Tam
in order to show the visiting men, =
s the time of their lives. \
;. L. McLin, secretary of agriculture ,
Florida, has decided to grant the Sc
oIesale and retail grocers and Job IN IN
5 of the state until August /, 1912 to a.
npy with the net weight" proVis- to
$ Of the new pure food law passed an an
the last session of the legislature. Of
on classes Of goods that have worked til
greatest hardship on the consuming ia ia
bic, as to short weight and measures, in
h as corn, oats, -four, meal, butter, sit sit
L. cottolene, oleomargine and syrup, as
extension of time is given. Such of
IDS must be properly labeled before ST.
ny offered for sale to escape confs- In In
ion. ea,
. story now comes from Tarpon lei
ings that a very high grade of HbI n,
IS sand has been found near that !
and that this colony has purchased
acres of land. 1t is further stated RI
the land is good for nothing unless -
sand can be utilized for some pun n
2. 1t is known that on a former
to that county several barrels of \
sand were shipped north by these IaI
pie, examined and tested in the Sec
'ratorles of the largest glass manu- to co.
urers. 1t is futher stated that eiai
sand stood the severest tests. run. the
into the best plate glass that is p
T. manufactured in the United v
es. ~
)ur white men of Sc. Peterburg are
lie Tampa Jail charged with criminal =
ult upon feeble-minded fifteen N
old girl, while the victim is lying in D Dep
spital in st. Petersburg in serious NJ
tion. As soon as the men were Hon
ed in Jail they requested the TAILOR y n q
'e Attorneys Robert W. Davis and tice
. Fletcher for them relative to re. fore 70 e.
ng them for their counsel. In Flor
king of this point the Tampa F.
une says: Je
'hese are the attorneys who repre- BIZ
I'd j. S. Lucas in the recent motor.
case which, despite strong evidence
'st him, resulted in the jury bring N
n an acquttal verdict" W