The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-08-13
TALLAHASSEE.

Tallahassee, Aug. 1.-THE state uni
form text book ub-commission, after
a months conscientious toll, has at
| last completed it's labors and submit
| ted its report to the state commits
| sion. This body which is composed
of the members of the state board of
education, will devote next week to
the consideration of the report.
This seasons patronage of Lanark
Inn has so encouraged the proprietors,
| The ]. P. Williams Land Company,
that plans are being made for extens-
i've improvements. A large dancing
pavilion will be built, additional rooms
and baths provided and general condi-
lions bettered. Just at present the
hotel is full of guests, most of them
coming from along the line of the &.
F. & A. as far north as Columbus,
Ga. Fishing is reported as unusually
fine, and fish and oysters appear three
times day on the bill Of fare.
One of the most attractive fea-
lures of a stay at Lanark is the pres
ence there of Captain Nick's' motor
boat. Capt. Nick is a fine seaman and
his passengers feel prefectly safe
when cruising with him about beautt-
full Lanark Bay.
A party of Tallahasseeans spent a
delightful weekend at Lanark last
Saturday and Sunday. On Sunday af-
to be the supper guests of Mr.. Rob-
ert Bradford, Mr.. and Mrs. Howard
Gamble and Messrs. John McDougall
and A. Stephenson, who are now oc-
cupying their respective cottages on
the island. In the party were Mrs.
r. B. German, Miss German, Miss
Hopkins, Misses Ireta and Margaret
Bradford and Miss Alice Gwynn;
Messrs. r. c. Long, George E. Lewis,
Greene S. Johnston and John H.
Humphreys.
DR.. and Mrs. c. M. Ausley and their
little son, Charlie, Miss Saxon, Miss
Helen Saxon and Bryan Palmer went
to Atlanta this week in Mr.. Saxon's
motor car. They had a quick and de-
lightful trip, and report the roads as
ed the party by rail a day or two
later.
Miss Mary Talbot Whitfield enter
tanned number of guests at bridge
Wednesday afternoon.
The trustees of the intrnaI improve
ment fund spent the entire day yes
terday considering bids submitted for
cutting Cypress Creek canal, Snake
Creek canal and Snapper Creek canal.
The contract for the work taken as a
whole was awarded to the Miami Con-
struction Company of Miami, Fla. or
so much thereof as the trustees and
the board of drainage commissioners
may decide to have done at the price
of ten cents per cubic yard for earth
excavation and twenty-fiv cents per
cubic yard for rock excavation.
Mr.. M. M. Smoak, of Pompano, Fla,
presented a petition signed by the resi-
dents of Pompano, requesting that the
west fork of the Cypress canal be
adopted as the route for the Cypress
Creek canal to be excavated. The
chief drainage engineer, Col. ]. o.
Wright, presented a map showing a
survey of the three proposed routes
for the said canal Said map show
ing the route requested by the petion-
ers would cost $4,000 more than the
route recommended by the chief engi-
neer and adopted, and the chief engi-
neer stating that in his opinion the
requested route would not carry off
anything like the water the route
recommended and adopted would,
while costing $4,000 more to construct,
it was decided that it would be mad
visable to adopt the route requested.